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Welcome home: After not playing in the city since May 2010 the Crusaders returned to play in the new AMI Stadium on Saturday. Crusaders captain Kieran Read, pictured, was pumped up as he led the team on the ďŹ eld. See story pg 6 and pg 3 for details of our great Crusaders giveaway competition. Inset: Some of the ďŹ&#x201A;ag-waving crowd. Photos: Chris Tobin

Painters from China suggested for Christchurch rebuild Chris Tobin

TRADE-qualiďŹ ed painters are in such short supply around Christchurch suggestions have been made they should be recruited from China and Thailand according to Canterbury Master Paintersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association chairman Paul Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell. Mr Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell said the painting industry could do with another 500 to 1000 painters for the rebuild spread over six years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Private ďŹ rms have been talking of bringing in Chinese workers but we need to train

people here, the unemployed and through the prisons and schools. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody is ďŹ&#x201A;at out. I could have another 20 painters for my company but I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get them.â&#x20AC;? He said two companies with contacts in Thailand and China had suggested the idea of painters coming from those countries and another suggestion was for Irish painters being brought to the city on one-year contracts. Mr Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell did not believe recruiting from

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He was awarded a Queen’s Service Order and appointed as a Justice of the Peace. Mr Gandar was a member of the Labour Party and The People’s Choice (formerly Christchurch 2021). “The People’s Choice are very sad to have lost a real icon of public service and

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School to lose central-city building Tom Doudney

UNLIMITED Paenga Tawhiti School faces uncertainty over its future location with news that one of its two main buildings will be demolished. The school was displaced from its central city premises by the February 22, 2011 earthquake and now has 407 staff and students split between two temporary sites at Halswell Residential College and the College of Education at the University of Canterbury in Ilam. Last week, staff were told that the Southern Star building in Cashel (City) Mall would have to be demolished. The nearby Hallensteins building, where the school’s other main block is located, is still awaiting an engineering report, while the fate of a third, smaller premises in the Bus Exchange building also remains unclear. The school’s co-director Tanja Grzeta said the loss of the Southern Star building, where the school began nine years ago, was devastating. “It was the heart of the school - but it didn’t come as a complete surprise because we knew the extent of the damage.”

Ms Grzeta said moving to the suburbs had been tough as the school had previously relied on other centralcity facilities such as the public library to provide some of its educational amenities. Transport was also more of an issue for students now. However morale among students and staff remained positive and the school had been well supported by its community. Although the roll had dropped from 440 to 407 students since the February 22 quake, she was optimistic that it would rise again next Working things out: Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti students year. at their temporary Halswell Residential College site. The school would continue to occupy the Halswell and university sites for the Ministry of Education intended to discuss remainder of the year but plans for 2013 were future plans at a meeting, scheduled to be held yet to be decided. yesterday. The long-term intention was for the school to Discovery1 School’s limited statutory move back into the Hallensteins building but if manager Tina von Pein said the school had this was not possible, a new central-city location no information on the future of the building it would be sought. leased, which was adjacent to the Southern Star Representatives from the school and the building.

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Chris Tobin THE Department of Labour has advised Mainland Press that between July 1, 2011, and March 1 this year, a total of 140 people have been granted visas to work on the Christchurch rebuild. “These people qualified for visas on the basis of skills shortages including those in occupations on the Department of Labour’s immediate and long-term skills shortages lists,” department spokesperson Astrid Smeele said. Most workers (90) have come from Britain. The main occupations of those granted visas were: Insurance loss adjusters (31), quantity surveyors (26), construction project managers (22) and civil engineers (11). There have also been 1808 Irish and 6872 working holiday visas issued for the same period and it is believed some of these would include people working on the Christchurch rebuild. The department’s labour and immigration research centre has been working alongside

groups such as the Canterbury Development Corporation and Canterbury construction companies to model the demand for specific occupations that would be needed in the rebuild. “That analysis shows that migrants will be needed for the rebuild, including for some highly skilled occupations,” Ms Smeele said. “Care will be taken to ensure that migrants don’t take jobs that New Zealanders are available to do.” The Canterbury Employment and Skills Board stated an additional 36,000 workers would be needed by the time of the rebuild peak which was expected to be in the third quarter of 2013. Of this number 23,900 workers would be required in trades including painters, carpenters, joiners, concrete and plastering workers as well as labourers. Board spokesperson Alex Bouma said worker shortages were starting “to bite” now and it would accelerate away to be a problem, but it would be an opportunity as well.

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None of that happened. “Those options were not taken which was fine,” Mr Akers, again a master of diplomacy, commented. McConnell Dowell’s NZ and Pacific general manager Roger McRae was less sanguine on the subject. “Just letting the market decide is easier said than done,” he said. “With the scale of the work we’ve got, it’s not viable for us to set up accommodation camps for our employees.” He did not believe individual companies could meet the housing needs of their workers. “I think a coordinated approach, which would include the city council and others, would be the appropriate solution because it’s not up to the individual companies to set up these camps.” The whole matter needed to be sorted now, he said, before the tidal wave of workers hit. And how big will this tidal wave be? The Canterbury Employment and Skills Board says 36,000 workers, give or take a few, will be required at the peak of reconstruction late in 2013. Whether Mr Brownlee likes it or not some government intervention will be required, perhaps as Mr McRae indicated, involving a coordinated response from a number of parties.

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EARTHQUAKE Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has commented that companies profiting from the Christchurch rebuild should provide accommodation for the thousands of workers who will soon be rolling into the city. “The idea that the Government would set up a big work camp somewhere in the city I think is just a little bit of a stretch,” he said. But it’s a stretch that some people think the Government, with some help from other parties, should be taking. I rang a few of the big players and asked what they thought of the minister’s comments. Fletcher Construction spokesman Barry Akers said diplomatically that as far as they were concerned the minister’s remarks were the end of the issue for them. At present Fletchers has around 5000 workers and sub-contractors available to them and considerably more are expected to be needed once the workflow hastens. As long ago as March last year Fletchers presented proposals to the Department of Building and Housing to build three worker camps for 900 people on leasehold land outside Christchurch, one site being in Amberley. A further 250 to 300 emergency houses for quake victims was also part of that plan.

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ChristChurch Cathedral ANY decision by Bishop Matthews about the future of ChristChurch Cathedral will be condemned by one faction or another. Repair or pull down? The former means an astronomical cost and the latter leaves a pointless space. Yet the problem cannot be left to drag on. Is a national, or even an international, appeal for funds a practical solution? Meanwhile designs can be invited and put to the public - which will bring further storms of criticism, but you have to start somewhere. Adrian Cooper, Kaiapoi JO Kane writes a good opinion column in the March 22 edition. She expresses the thoughts of many of us, who are sick of the “deconstruction” of more and more buildings, including historic ones. She sums it up nicely when she said, “This is not about dangerous buildings. This is about the new earthquake building codes and reinsurance issues making it uneconomical for their owners to fix or restore.” But the best part of her column is when she asks, “Isn’t anyone prepared to fight? Only the Wizard and the Civic Trust seem to have the energy to take on the Anglican Church.” It is such a shame the Bishop and her cronies want to “deconstruct” the cathedral in the square! Barbara Johnson, Spreydon

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Opinion one more thing We need a plan, minister Why is Cera, now, striding into towns and TWO weekends in a row with beautiful weather can do wonders for the demeanour. I sincerely communities with their section 29 or 51 notices, hope that Minister Brownlee’s comments a risk-averse attack on buildings that, for years, made at the successful crusade at AMI Stadium government legislation and council’s building codes deemed suitable? Christchurch “represented a turning We need a coordinated response point for the city” come to fruition. and a well-thought-out plan that We are 18 months on and if it takes will help those in business to a rugby team and new stadium to get relocate and restart. things moving, then bring it on. But Why are they being left to shut up where’s the plan, minister? Despite shop through no fault of their own? all the drama and controversy, the Where is the vision, the promise Christchurch City Council delivered that we have clear direction, with to you, on time, the central city plan goals that are achievable? How can –warts and all. The rebuild now Jo Kane the community function with the squarely lies in your hands. indiscriminate nature of the man in For anyone to have confidence that we will have a city heart, a city with a future, the vis and a clipboard. This ad hoc approach to health and safety has reached panic proportions why is it taking so damn long? Why is it that the rebuild hasn’t started from and seems to be undermining the certainty we those who are meant to be driving it? Why has all need. Where is the plan that will deliver to our it stumbled along, with no-one seemingly to have an overview of what’s happening? SCIRT business people and wider community the (Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild confidence to reinvest and rebuild? Where are Team) according to their publicity is embarking the timeframes, the milestones, so we can see what we are in for or can look forward to? on a $2 billion work programme. Where can people go when they are unhappy Although ambitious and necessary for the essential services we all need, where is the with the progress or the decisions made? You overarching strategy? The coordination of the have left the residential community to take supposedly 150 work sites at any time - road either what you considered a “fair offer” from the Government or left them to deal with their works, sewage, water and stormwater? Please tell us you will do it once and do it insurance companies. Don’t you understand what this is doing to right. Have our decision-makers sat down together and thought about how people are the health and wellbeing of the community? moving about the city? How they have to live? Why not stop the orchestrated photo ops, the Or are we just to wear the inconvenience, the press conference spin, the continued speech time delays, the noise, the dust, and the road making … Just give us the plan, minister. blocks for the next five years.

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Crusaders on home turf at last Saturday’s Crusaders match against the Cheetahs, the first in Christchurch since May 2010 after the earthquakes knocked out their home stadium and caused loss of life and destruction around the city, was a highly emotional one. The homecoming pressures showed as Chris Tobin found. WITH only 10 minutes remaining in Saturday night’s Crusaders-Cheetahs match, the announcer proclaimed to the sea of red in the new Christchurch AMI Stadium, “You

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better make some noise Christchurch for your Crusaders.” For several sickening seconds, the crowd sensed the party celebrating the ‘gypsy’ Crusaders’ return to their home city, for the first game here since May 2010, could go pearshaped. The lowly rated Cheetahs, who had actually beaten the Crusaders in their last clash, had just clawed their way back to 21-all. Until then, the game and night had been a celebration. For the first time in a Christchurch rugby match, park and ride buses brought fans into the $30 million stadium, which had been cobbled together with lights from Dunedin’s old Carisbrook, turf from the quake-damaged AMI stadium and stands from Auckland’s Mt Smart stadium. Bus stops around the city overflowed with fans - mums, dads and the kids and older people - who once upon a time might have preferred staying at home and watching the match on TV. There was a sense among the crowd queuing to enter the stadium that the Crusaders would win, comfortably perhaps. But that opinion didn’t take into account the circumstances of the match. The seriousness of the occasion was apparent in the Crusaders’ warm-up. Although the stadium glowed in the early evening sun and fans sweated in the stands, the Crusaders went through energy-sapping and what looked like energy-wasting pre-match routines ferociously. There was a reason. The Crusaders came into the match after two losses and a bye, all of which added to the psychological pressures of knowing a quake-devastated city was looking to them for a boost and a lift from months of drudgery and heartache. Trumpeted as role models and helping the morale of the city – this was a match the Crusaders had to win. Small wonder they looked tense; by comparison the Cheetahs appeared relaxed as if heading for a beach party. In the course of the evening there were spine-

Try time: Centre Robbie Freuan heads for a try early in the second half.

tingling and emotional moments - Kieran Read leading the team out and the crowd standing for a minute’s silence in tribute to former NZRU chairman, the late Jock Hobbs; hoopla with the sword waving Crusader knights galloping again and the tongues of fire cutting the night air whenever the Crusaders scored. The Paul Kelly dancers danced once more and Mexican waves rolled around the stadium time and again. The Cheetahs, meanwhile, were treated like anonymous intruders. Whatever they did well was met with silence, or as when their first fiveeighths Johan Goosen kicked at goal, whistles, boos and catcalls. Thirty-six minutes elapsed before the first points came and to the delight of the 18,000 crowd it was the Crusaders. Sean Maitland scored a finisher’s try. Debutant Tom Taylor missed the conversion but then slotted two penalties and the score was 11-3 at halftime. Shortly after the break the red machine looked on course when centre Robbie Freuan slashed through and touched down. But the Cheetahs replied immediately with a stunning counter-attack try to Goosen and he added a penalty soon after. Next, Taylor landed a penalty. The scrums by this time were under the farcical golden oldie rules due to Cheetahs’ injuries. This favoured the Cheetahs; the Crusaders began to look tired and harassed. Cheetahs centre Robert Ebersohn scored; Goosen converted and then managed a penalty which was met with shocked silence. And so it was now 10 minutes remaining on the clock with the match locked 21-all.

“Make some noise,” we were urged. We did. A mixture of fear of defeat, determination and desperation now showed in the Crusaders’ faces as they threw their bodies into the battle without thought or concern, hammering the Cheetahs’ line. It worked. Like beaten boxers, the Cheetahs hung on the ropes waiting for the coup de grace and it was not long in coming. Israel Dagg ran in wide out, Taylor converted. Soon the night sky crackled and sparked with fireworks. “They looked good,” one fan Stephen Breen, of Northwood, said after the match. “But they’ve still got to do a lot to get up to the Highlanders.” Crusaders prop Ben Franks joined teammates signing autographs at the end. While saying how he was pleased with the win he added: “We can improve.” Homecomings are not easy.

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our christchurch Christchurch City Council news, events and information 28 March 2012

Key services projects push ahead The Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT) is rebuilding the city’s earthquake damaged roads, water, wastewater and storm water networks. This includes hundreds of kilometres of wastewater pipes, fresh water pipes, roads and around 450 retaining walls. Steady progress is being made on the rebuild. Some of the key projects underway are:

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This pipeline carries approximately 30 per cent of the city’s wastewater. Work began in Linﬁeld Park and will be complete around mid-April so the park can be ready for use in the winter sports season. The entire 3.6 kilometre pipeline is expected to take a number of months to complete and will be undertaken simultaneously on up to three separate work fronts to ensure that the work is completed as quickly as possible.

Critical to Christchurch’s water supply, Huntsbury reservoir was badly damaged in the earthquake and cannot be rebuilt to its original size. Instead two separate reservoirs are being reconstructed on the existing site. Stage one of this work is ﬁnished and provides 6,000 cubic metres of water storage. Stage two will more than double this capacity and will be ﬁnished around midOctober this year.

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Fitzgerald Avenue This transport route is one of the highest priorities for the rebuild. The northbound lanes, from Avonside Drive to Cambridge Terrace, suﬀered severe cracking after the earthquakes. Its location close to the river makes it a challenging task. Eight hundred stone columns were inserted to stabilise the land. Work has been underway since June last year and is scheduled to be completed in May.

To ﬁnd out more visit: www.strongerchristchurch.govt.nz; follow us on Twitter @SCIRT_info; subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter; email us at info@strongerchch. co.nz; or phone 941 8999. You can also collect information from the Rewi Alley Cultural and Education Centre, Aranui Community Trust, Christchurch Migrants Centre, Christchurch City Council Service Centres. Huntsbury reservoir under construction

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Final call for community fund applications Applications for the Christchurch City Council’s Strengthening Communities fund closes next Saturday 31 March. Chair of the Funding Committee, Councillor Barry Corbett, says it is important people get their applications in before this cut oﬀ date. “Many community groups are currently tied up with ongoing earthquake related issues and projects, however, it’s important they take time to apply for the funding they require and don’t miss out on the opportunity to get ﬁnancial support.”

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The purpose of the fund is to support community focused organisations whose projects contribute to the strengthening of community wellbeing in the Christchurch City area. The fund covers operational or project costs, including small equipment costs and supporting volunteers.

Placing a wheelie bin out at the kerbside for collection, with its lid not shut ﬂat, may result in the bin’s contents not being collected. Council’s kerbside contractor will not collect bins if lids are left open or if bins are overloaded with material. A sticker will be placed on the bin explaining why the material has not been collected. There are health and safety risks associated with overﬂowing bin material that spills on to the ground as part of the collection process, but

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we can put a stop to these crimes,” Mr Gardiner said. Stolen property underpinned the drug trade, and organised criminals were well rehearsed in managing their dealings. For example, property stolen in Christchurch by one ‘agency’ could be sold in Auckland by other people, he said. “That [selling stolen property] is where they get all their funding from.” But everyday people could make a difference, Mr Gardiner said. “It’s about mobilising society. There’s more good guys than bad guys. If everybody sees themselves as playing a part [in stopping crime], we can make life very difficult for criminals.” People who did not want their identity revealed to police could ring Crimestoppers with their tip-offs or leads, Mr Gardiner said.

WHERE did your secondhand iPhone, fridge and other goods come from before being sold to you? That’s the question people should be asking themselves and the sellers when purchasing cheap goods, Crimestoppers chief executive Lou Gardiner says. It could be the key to stopping criminals in their tracks, he said. Crimestoppers is an independent crimestopping phone line where people can ring up anonymously with potential leads. Calls to Crimestoppers from Christchurch had decreased since the Canterbury earthquakes, but police were reporting an increase in property crime around the city, Mr Gardiner said. “Instead of trying to get a bargain, start asking where did they get this thing from? If the middle class put pressure on the criminals,

Wizard and bishop could meet Tania Butterﬁeld

THE Anglican Bishop of Christchurch, if they were true, he would “love” to meet with Victoria Matthews, could meet with the her “to have a debate”. However, he would not meet her privately, Christchurch Wizard about his campaign to save the ChristChurch Cathedral, but anything but rather in a public setting, so anyone else he has to say will not influence the decision to who wished to hear what she had to say could do so, he said. deconstruct it. The Wizard has collected Bishop Matthews said last “thousands” of signatures on his week she would not oppose a petition to save the cathedral, meeting with the Wizard, who but admitted his campaign was a has taken to preaching about pointless exercise as the decision the injustices of not saving the to deconstruct the cathedral had cathedral, outside the Canterbury already been made. Museum, every Sunday. A spokeswoman for the bishop “Never say never, but we’re said the deconstruction began on not here waiting to see what Monday with the removal of the people think so that we can make stained-glass windows. a change to suit him. We would She expected it to be completed have to take every step looking by the end of the year. at what constitutes safe in this The deconstruction was being environment,” she said. Open to meeting: The Christchurch Wizard Ian C h r i s t c h u r c h W i z a r d done carefully so items such as Brackenbury Chaunell had would be keen to meet the large stained-glass windows not heard Bishop Matthews’ with the Anglican Bishop could be used later in a new comments on Radio New a b o u t h i s c a m p a i g n cathedral, the spokeswoman Zealand last week, but said that to save the cathedral. said. Photo: Tania Butterfield

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Residents relieved by green re-zoning Tania Butterﬁeld BANGOR Street residents Nick and Sally Sibley will soon be the only residents on their side of the street after 78 properties in Central City South were reclassified red last week. “It’s a relief,” Mr Sibley said of the Green: Bangor Street resident Nick Sibley is relieved his house has been re-zoned green. news. Photo: Tania Butterfield “At least it’s one stage towards having things as in one of the 11 flats on Bangor they were.” Street with her two children for Mr Sibley and his wife built two years, said it was “really their mansion on the site about 10 good” they did not have to move. years ago. “I thought it was going to go “We’re very happy with this red. We were getting ready to street. We’re used to it and my move,” she said. wife can walk into town from Another resident, who did not here,” he said. want to be named, said it was While his property was going to be hard to see all their announced as being rezoned to neighbours across the road leave. green, Mr Bangor said it was However, she was overwhelmed technically green-blue. by the news she would not have “I wonder how many other to leave. colours we will go through before “The best part is we [the HNZ we’re finished,” he said. tenants] are going to remain Meanwhile, across the road, neighbours.” Housing New Zealand tenants Other areas to be rezoned red were also relieved they, too, had include 29 properties in Linwood turned green. and 144 properties in Richmond Carma Kane, who has lived South.

Earthquake conference to become annual event Tania Butterﬁeld

THE Seismics and the City conference held in Christchurch last week is likely to become an annual event as Christchurch begins to rebuild. Organiser Lyall Lukey of SmartNet said they planned to make the conference an annual event for the next four to five years so people could come together to see how the rebuild was progressing. The inaugural conference attracted about 150 people to hear speakers from around the city share their experiences following the Canterbury earthquakes. It also included an urban safari tour to different sites around the city. Mayor Bob Parker opened the conference speaking about the trauma people had Smarter Cities: Keynote speaker Colin Harrison at the Seismics and the Photo: Tania Butterfield experienced during this “extra-ordinary” City conference last week. event. “We don’t know where we are in this extraordinary cycle It was important to recognise that, because cities account in terms of what Mother Nature holds for us. When it gets for the majority of energy and water consumption, he said quiet you wonder if something is lurking out there,” he “So if we are going to address the resource stresses that said. are coming mid-century, we are going to have to do that in Rebuilding Christchurch was a large task with 900 the cities. kilometres of road to be rebuilt, 300km of sewer mains and “One of the major activities in the next 40 to 50 years for 125km of water mains also needing to be rebuilt, he said. most of the planet is building cities for the other six billion “But as a community, we have made remarkable advances people who will be with us mid-century. [There will be a] in this terrible time.” phenomenal amount of complexities, but given we also Keynote speaker Colin Harrison from IBM Smarter expect the world population to decline from that peak, the Cities, based in the United States, said New Zealand was cities we build in the next 40 to 50 will last a long time.” one of the most highly urbanised countries in the world. Mr Harrison also spoke of the potential use of real-time “You are a model, in fact, for the digital technology for public transport and water-meter rest of the world in many ways,” monitoring among other uses. he said.

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A slow drive up the new motorway Revved up: Grant Milligan and son Archie, 9, in an Austin Healey 3000, were the first members of the public to take a drive on the new Christchurch Southern Motorway between Curletts Road and Halswell Junction Road on Sunday. They were part of the Paul Kelly Motor Company Twin Rivers Classic

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HEI HEI teenager Abbas Nazari is among a group of Burnside High School students about to take flight on the trip of a lifetime to Greece and Italy. It’s the first overseas trip for Abbas since he arrived in New Zealand as a refugee from Afghanistan a decade ago, not knowing a word of English. The 16-year-old is one of the Tampa refugees rescued from a sinking boat in international waters in August 2001. He has grown into an accomplished student, winning third in the New Zealand spelling bee in 2008, attaining NCEA levels 1 and 2 with excellence and serving on his school’s sports council and as a prefect. Now, along with his classical studies classmates, he’s excited about the threeweek-long trip, which starts on April 5, and will include visits to the Acropolis, the Kingdom of Mycenae and Pompeii. He was most looking forward to seeing the Colosseum. “Classics I like because it’s humans

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Art to help: Rehabilitation and Reintegration Services regional manager Steve Berry is surrounded by art works created by prisoners from three Canterbury jails, which were sold at the Thoughts of the Earthquake Art Auction event held at Spreydon Baptist Church on Saturday evening. The funds raised will go towards the Canterbury earthquakes relief effort. About 50 prisoners were involved in making approximately 140 art works, including paintings, drawings, sculptures and carvings using wood donated from the red zone. Photo: Samantha Early

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Principal’s Message Kia ora koutou. Talofa. Kia Orana. Malo e lelei. Bula. Fakaalofa atu. Hello and warm greetings to the Hornby High School community. It has been a very active start to the year on every level. At the governance level the Hornby schools’ Board Chairs are meeting to progress the aims of the Hornby Learning Community schools; classroom success has been celebrated with our 2011 NCEA results; outside the classroom we have, again, a large number of students participating in the growing number of co-curricular activities. 2012 is the second year of the adoption of our Board’s values for our school; CARR: Commitment, Achievement, Resilience, Respect. These values were tangible in 2011 and continue to be so in this ﬁrst term. I am excited about the year as we develop further opportunities for student leadership and the individualised pathways that lead each student to personal excellence. If any member of the community wishes to talk to me about anything, please contact the ofﬁce to arrange a time for this to occur. My door is open.

Despite earthquakes and aftershocks, despite snowstorms and Rugby World Cup distractions, Hornby High School students achieved fantastic NCEA results in 2011. At Levels 1 and 3 our results are above the national average for all schools in New Zealand. There is so much good news in our results it is difﬁcult to know where to start! At Year 11 over 80% of students were awarded Level 1 NCEA and with over half gaining more than 100 credits. Thirteen students gained L1 NCEA with Merit and three students, Larissa Banks, Landie Blair and Nathan Ferguson, gained L1 NCEA with Excellence.

Natalie Weir, Hayley Henderson, Mele Tattersall and Courtney Willan all gained over 100 credits at level 1 NCEA Deputy Head Girl, Cheyanne Neilson gained Level 2 NCEA endorsed with Merit. She is accepting her academic badge from Deputy Principal, Karen Wheeler with Mike Kelly, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees offering congratulations. Jayden Dock, Logan Dickie, Callum Sellars and Dallas Yates all gained over 100 credits in Level 1 NCEA.

The Level 3 results were equally as fantastic as Level 1. 80% of students passed Level 3 NCEA and 75% gained University Entrance. Both of these results are above the national average for all New Zealand schools. Athletics Day a Success For the ﬁrst time in many years we had to stay home on athletics day rather than travel to QEII Park. Despite the chilly southerly, the day was a great success with many students qualifying for the inter-secondary school competition team. Pictured are Kane White giving his all in the javelin competition; Enrique Romero clears the bar in the junior boys’ high jump and Manaia McIlroy is determined not to let Mr Allen win the staff v. seniors relay.

Ngā mihi nui; best wishes. Richard Edmundson Principal Enrolments are on the Increase

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When school opened in February it quickly became obvious that there were many more Year 9 students enrolling than we had planned for. Rather than have classes that were too large, we quickly established another top band class to accommodate our new students. Average Year 9 class size is now in the low 20’s. Pictured are some of our new Year 9’s enjoying working together at their Peer Support day at Burnham Army Camp in February.

Hornby High school is currently getting computer network upgrade funded by the Ministry of Education and school funds. By the start of term two we will have high speed broadband throughout the school as well as many more computers for student use. Senior students will

be able bring their own laptops or other devices to school and connect to the wireless network from the start of term two. Pictured are students in the Level 3 Physical Education class using the new netbook computers which connect to the internet using our wireless system.

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Avonside Girls’ High School Avonside Girls High 180 Avonside Drive Ph 389 7199

Principal’s Report Kia ora Our ﬁrst term back on our Avonside site after the dislocation of 2011, has been exciting, full and busy. Girls and teachers are very happy with the new facilities and colourful and attractive layout of the modular classrooms. We were pleased to be able to show the Prime Minister our new-look school, especially the new specialist rooms, which enable us to deliver the full curriculum. He seemed impressed at the result of the investment to get Avonside Girls High School back on site. NCEA achievement for 2011 was very pleasing, and we congratulate our girls on maintaining their learning focus when so many challenges and constraints were present. It has been wonderful to recapture our school site and normal school day. Girls are responding to the many opportunities available to them, and it is such a joy to see students gathering to participate in so many sporting and cultural activities.

Ecstatic Dragonboaters On Saturday 10th March our Year12 and 13 dragon boat team competed in the South island Championships at Lake Hood, Ashburton, where they received a silver medal in the ﬁnal of the 500m event. The girls were also commended for their sportsmanship and community spirit.

We look forward to a focused year of learning together at Avonside Girls High School, helping each girl to achieve the goal of personal excellence

Sue Hume Principal

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Jordon Downey (Deputy School Council), Jessie Norriss (Head School Council), Taylor Watson (Deputy Head Girl), Stephanie Damm (Head Girl).

Leading Choreographer at Avonside Girls’ High School Dance is studied at Avonside Girls’ High School in Years 12 and 13. This term they have been privileged to have input from Fleur de Their, one of NZ’s leading professional contemporary dance choreographers. Fleur choregraphed two works, “Grid” for the Year 13 group and “Off Kilter” for Year 12.

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Avonside Girls’ High School Avonside Girls High 180 Avonside Drive Ph 389 7199

Students who achieved NCEA Endorsed with Excellence Alex Connolly Year 13, discusses with the Prime Minister, her Physics experiment on Centre of Mass.

NCEA Results 2011 With reduced teaching time throughout 2011, because of site-sharing arrangements, snow days and earthquake closure, we had concerns about the possible impact on student NCEA achievement. However we are delighted with the results, which show continued improvement. The girls achieved at a higher level than the national average at all levels of NCEA.

Prime Minister Visits our school Prime Minister John Key, visited our school earlier in the term. Student leaders accompanied the Principal and Prime Minister on a tour of the school and were then able to talk to him over morning tea. They impressed on him how pleased they were to return to Avonside after a year of site-sharing.

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NZ all Boys & Girls 77.3 81.8 75.4 Photo supplied by BeckerFraserPhotos.

NCEA Level 1 Literacy and numeracy rates were particularly pleasing % Pass Rate Literacy Numeracy LEVEL 1 LITERACY % Pass AGHS Rate NZ Maori 82.9 Pasiﬁca 100 Asian 91.7

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Amy Vivian Neal,Year 13 2011, has been awarded a Scholarship to study at Kun-ei Girls’ School in Osaka, Japan from April to December this year.

Year 13 Leadership Camp The school crest which was on the top of the old main block, now has a new home at the front entrance of the school.

Students attended a three day leadership camp at Craigieburn. They were taught raft building, Adventure Based Learning, caving , camp cooking and environmental studies with DOC. The girls were working on developing their skills so they can be effective leaders with Year 10 students on their outdoor education camps.

Open Morning On 11 February we held an open morning for interested members of the community to view our new premises. A large number of people and a sunny day made this a very enjoyable morning.

Pasiﬁka High Achiever nominees Alesha Jackson 12Rr, and Aralai Nakaroti 13Mn, have been nominated for a Pasiﬁka High Achievers Award. These awards will be presented at a later date.

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Muscle People Physiotherapy is delighted to have reopened their new clinic at the YMCA in Hereford Street this week. The new clinic not only has three treatment rooms, but also has some new services as part of Muscle People’s ongoing commitment to provide a top, professional physiotherapy service. “We are not just reinven ng our clinic in town, but we are also redeveloping it with the latest cu ng-edge assessment and treatment protocols from around the world,” says Muscle People manager Nicole Hill. The addi on of an advanced biomechanical assessment lab at the clinic iden ﬁes not just the client’s injuries, but also any pre-exis ng factors that led to their injury. “We will then oﬀer treatments and exercise programmes to correct these factors. Our aim is to have our clients not just back to their preinjury state, but to improve their overall condi on and help them achieve their desired performance level,” says Nicole.

Muscle People Physiotherapy also has a new “physio-specific” computer management system. “Our physiotherapists can input informa on directly into their computers while with the client and also give links to a video version of their prescribed exercises so they can check that they are performing the exercises correctly once they are back home.” With their handy loca on at the Hereford Street entrance to the YMCA, Nicole says that being so close to the gym there has added effects for both the gym instructors and their clients. “We complement each other as they can bring their customers to us if they need any physiotherapy and the gym can be used for rehabilita on.” The Robert Harris coffee shop next door is also part of the a rac on to this part of town where many of the people working in the city can find a gym, physiotherapist and coffee shop in one stop – an easy visit during their lunch hours or on the way to or from work.

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arkhouse Garden Supplies has everything you need this autumn, whether it is compost or mulch, landscaping supplies or firewood and kindling for winter. Noel Dick and his team pride themselves on their weed-free and herbicide-free compost. “Our Garden Booster and Parkhouse Plus composts are completely free of clopyralide, which can some mes be found in green waste, because none of our compost contains green waste,” says Noel. Parkhouse Plus is used by the Christchurch Botanic Gardens, and autumn is the perfect me to compost and put mulch on the garden to ensure increased growth for both flower and vegetable gardens come spring. With their dy and organised set-up and plenty of parking, it is very easy to find what you want and there is plenty of expert advice available if you are not sure exactly what you want. Aside from top soils, garden soils, a huge range of bark, stones and shingle, Parkhouse Garden Supplies has massive slabs of glacier rocks and massive pieces of marble, now reduced in price by 50 per cent. The reason for this price reduc on is that Parkhouse Garden Supplies is moving to new, even larger, premises nearby in the middle of next year, enabling Noel and the team to include a plant area and an even greater selec on of gardening supplies.

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UK folk duo to perform in Christchurch AWARD-WINNING folk duo Chris While and Julie Matthews are returning to Christchurch for a concert on Saturday. The pair won BBC 2â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best Folk Duo award in 2009 and have travelled around the world performing their unique blend of folk and roots music. Their songs cover topical issues from injustice and freedom to matters of the heart. Both While and Matthews were devastated by last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earthquake and hoped to bring smiles to the faces of Christchurch residents with their music. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t begin to imagine how hard itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been for you all. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just want to bring some magic back into the lives of people in Christchurch who have been through so much over the past 18 months.â&#x20AC;? Concert organiser Gill Coe said she was delighted that the duo had decided to return to the city. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What we appreciate is that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re prepared to come back to our shaky city and play for us. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their concerts are always amazing.â&#x20AC;? The concert kicks off at 8pm at the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology Jazz School on the corner of Madras and High streets. Tickets are $30 from Music Works, 569 Colombo Street. Door sales are also available on the night.

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Ngatai and Miers victorious LOCAL driver Malcolm Ngatai was full of praise for his 17-year-old team-mate Jack Miers after the pair won the annual Battle of the Stocks at AmPro Tools Woodford Glen Speedway. Thirty-two drivers were split into 16 pairs for the 19th running of the event that saw drivers

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LAST Saturday night saw the christening of the newest sporting ground in Christchurch. It replaced a venue that, to be perfectly honest, had well passed its use-by date. Firstly, it was the Addington Showgrounds and then Rugby League Park. After the events of the past couple of years, which were earthquake-related, it was imperative that a sporting venue to serve the city was put in place as quickly as possible. After just 100 days and working around the clock seven days a week, the Crusaders versus the Cheetahs from South Africa was the opportunity to show the fans from Canterbury what had been achieved. I had my birthday a couple of weeks ago and my two sons gave me a match ticket and a boys’ night out at the footy with them. Having recently paid my first visit to the new stadium in Dunedin, I approached the evening with some fear and trepidation! One of the innovations put in for the night by the city council, in conjunction with the Metro bus service, was the opportunity to take a bus to the venue at no charge and all you had to do was show the driver your match ticket. How would this work given the snarl-ups that occurred in Auckland with public transport

You know you’re on to something when the queue for a café stretches out to the pavement most weekends. So it is at Little and Friday’s two Auckland locations. Those in the know ﬂock to the Little and Friday stores in Takapuna and Newmarket for addictive cream-ﬁlled donuts, buttery brioche, melt-in-the-mouth sweet tarts, and moreish savoury pastries. In this delightful cookbook, owner Kim Evans, a selftaught baker, shares the recipes for her most popular tarts, biscuits, savouries and cakes. Adapted for the home cook, Kim’s approachable recipes and helpful hints allow even the novice baker to master the delights of her delicious café treats

by Kim Evans

during the last World Cup? The three of us duly turned up on a street corner on Papanui Road where there was a long lineup of excited fans. Oh dear, I thought, what have we done? I should not have worried. The bus duly arrived a little later than scheduled and from there we had a truly trouble-free evening! Dropped off next door to the stadium, we effortlessly made our way into the complex along with 17,000 others, who were all given Crusaders flags free of charge, made our way past the food and liquor outlets, selling their wares hassle-free, and up into our seats. What greeted us was a sea of red and black fans all as excited as we were. We were up close and personal with all the action, and when the Crusaders made their way onto the arena we knew we were going to be part of something very special, which proved to be the case. Leaving the ground, catching the bus for the return journey and being delivered back to our starting point went without a hitch. Full marks to all concerned. For a first-up effort, give yourselves 10 out of 10. As the old saying goes, “the proof of the pudding is in the eating”. Will we go back? You bet you we will!

Le Quesnoy by Glyn Harper Le Quesnoy (pronounced Leck con wah) is a town in northern France. It is surrounded by high walls and deep trenches. In World War I it was occupied by the German army for four long years. In November 1918 the town was liberated by soldiers from far-away New Zealand. Because these men used a bit of kiwi ingenuity they were able to take the town back without a single civilian life being lost. This has become one of the most famous stories in New Zealand military history and the relationship between Le Quesnoy and New Zealand continues to this day. This book tells the story of Le Quesnoy’s liberation through the eyes of a child living in the town at the time. Stunning watercolour illustrations and simple language make this an ANZAC picture book that young readers will be able to imaginatively engage with.

Giveaway We have one copy of Treats from Little and Friday to give away, courtesy of Paper Plus Ferrymead.To be in the draw email giveaway@mainlandpress.co.nz with Treats from Little and Friday in the subject line, text MP Treats from Little and Friday to 4494 (txt cost 50c) or write to Bay Harbour News Book Giveaway, Mainland Press, PO Box 39 176 Harewood, Christchurch 8545.To be eligible for the draw all entries, including texts, must include your name, address and contact number. Entries close Tuesday, April 10th, 2012. Winner of Zen Under Fire is K M Hamilton from Linwood drawn on 14th March.

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Land claims From next month, EQC customers report on the damage to their land. The land reports will set out what damage has been found during the land claim was lodged. They will not set out the expected cost of repairs or a repair strategy.

Cover for retaining walls EQC provides indemnity cover for retaining walls - not replacement cover. This means we pay out the value of the wall when it was damaged, not the cost of building a brand new retaining wall. Council-owned retaining walls are not covered (the SCIRT Infrastructure programme is repairing these).

Land cover is slightly different to EQC building or contents cover. Here are the basics: s )F YOUR HOUSE IS INSURED EQC also insures a deďŹ ned area of your residential land. EQC will assess the amount of damage to your residential land and provide cover up to the maximum amount speciďŹ ed in the Earthquake Commission Act.

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s 2ESIDENTIAL LAND IS LAND ON which the house is situated, and land within eight metres of the house. s ,AND WITHIN METRES OF THE house that constitutes the main access way, or part of the main access way to the house from the boundary, is covered. However, the surface of the driveway or any artiďŹ cial surfaces like concrete or asphalt that cover the access way are not covered.

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LANDSCAPE designer Paul Roper-Gee, of Shirley, drew inspiration for his supreme award-winning Ellerslie garden from the life of Waitaki Power Scheme project engineer Max Smith. Mr Roper-Gee said the garden created by her and his team from Beca reflected the landscape that might have surrounded the home of Mr Smith who worked on hydro projects for decades. “We researched native plants that grew there and even included weeds in the mix to make it realistic. “The concrete pipe water feature was inspired by the Mackenzie country’s hydro-canals and this draws the viewer into the garden.” Setbacks such as last February’s earthquake didn’t deter firsttime Ellerslie entrant Mr Roper-Gee from finishing the garden. “We started working on the project in August 2012 and were halfway through setting up the garden when the earthquake struck but we never had any thoughts of not completing it. “It was a great design and I never leave like to leave things unfinished.” The design melded elements of Max Smith’s life with aspects of

the hydro-power scheme. “We told his story by mixing parts of his life with the surrounding landscape and the larger elements such as the huge scale of pipes used in the power scheme.” One such feature was an outdoor room fashioned out of a threemetre orange penstock (hydro-pipe). “It was a place to relax complete with furniture and wine from Max Smith’s Waipara winery. “We illustrated his love of rowing by placing the oars high up inside the pipe and the roof was able to be opened in warm weather to give an indoor-outdoor flow.” Mr Roper-Gee said many people commented that his garden transported them back to childhood holidays. “The Waitaki area was a popular place for holidaymakers so people felt a personal connection with the garden’s theme.” Mr Roper-Gee was keen to enter another garden in next year’s Ellerslie show if he could secure funding. “I love telling stories through my designs so it will definitely be another garden with a narrative.”

GOLDEN Oldies Movie Group, come & join this friendly group to watch wonderful old movies, every Monday 1pm at the New Brighton Museum, 8 Hardy St, gold coin donation incl cuppa beforehand, for more info email nbproject@xtra.co.nz or call 03 388-9920 WAINONI Avonside Community Services Trust, at Wainoni Methodist Church, 878 Avonside Drive, Tuesday, art 10am to 12pm, crafts 10am to 12pm, $2 per session, WACST Co-ordinator Betty Chapman, wainoni.wacst@xtra.co.nz or 03 389-2285 RICCARTON Players presents Playbox Theatre The Princess And The Frog & other stories, songs & poems, directed by Susan Cameron & Phil Dean, On 12th 22nd April 2012, Thursdays & Fridays 6pm, Saturdays & Sundays 11am & 2pm At Hagley Open Stage, 510 Hagley Avenue, Chch, all seats $7, book now 3384699 or visit www.riccartonplayers.co.nz THE Way of the Cross, presented by the Jubilate Singers & directed by Grant Hutchinson, is offered to the people of Christchurch as an opportunity to reflect while enjoying some of the finest music ever written for this time of year. Saturday 31st March 7.30pm at Our Lady of Victories Church, 106 Main South Rd, Sockburn, Chch. Entrance programme $10 to $15 donation recommended. STASH Rehash fabric market is being held from 11am to 2pm Saturday 14th April at 96 Bristol St, Blind Foundation Hall. Entry by gold coin donation to Arthritis NZ. Arthritis NZ will again be holding stalls selling donated materials & craft supplies. If you would like to donate goods plse contact us on 03 366-8383 EDIBLE Gardens Network Group, friendly group of local gardeners with focus on organic gardening & growing your own food, meets about once month in different people’s gardens, experts as well as complete novices welcome, more info either email Clare candb@ ihug.co.nz or ph her on 03 420-8850. MUSIC Group for pre schoolers with Natural Magic, funky songs for children & their parents, puppetry & stories, every Wednesday during term time, 11.15am at the Pierside Cafe, New Brighton. For more info email nbproject@xtra.co.nz or call 03 388-9920. The Community Noticeboard is for non proﬁt groups or organisations. Items submitted must include a phone number and any associated costs and must not be more than 50 words. This is a free service from Mainland Press which reserves the right to edit submissions or to withhold items from publication if they do not ﬁt the criteria, or due to space constraints.

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Winning team: Willem Russ-Hofmans, Nick Close, Olivia Capstick and Meg Racz took out the year five and six relay at Burwood School’s swimming sports held recently at Jellie Park. The team went on to compete at the North-East Zone Swimming Champs with Nick and Olivia qualifying for the Canterbury Primary Schools Swimming Champs being held today at Wharenui Pool.

Temporary village for Rawhiti Domain A NEW temporary housing village will be constructed at Rawhiti Domain in New Brighton to provide short-term rental housing. Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee made the announcement at a media conference last week. Mr Brownlee said that 20 two-bedroom units would be built at the domain over the coming

weeks with a further 43 units being placed at the site over the following months. “This will take the number of houses across Kaiapoi, Linwood Park and Rawhiti Domain to 126.” Mr Brownlee said the two existing villages had been well utilised by 64 families who stayed for an average of three months.

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“The roads are terrible around here so we’ll EAST Burwood residents have banded Mrs Barber said the group would be initially together to form a new residents’ association concentrating on roading and earthquake- be working on that along with other issues such as the future of Donnell Park.” that aims to draw the community together and related issues. solve earthquake-related issues. Burwood East Residents’ Association was formed last year after residents found themselves lacking neighbourhood representation in the area bordered by Travis MP for Christchurch East Road, Basset Street, Anzac Drive and the My Electorate Office has re-opened at Avon River. 133 New Brighton Mall. Burwood East Residents’ Association committee member Wayne Gallot said My Team and I are here to help you. informal meetings led to the formation of the I am still providing regular Earthquake group, which now has about 50 members. Information Updates to constituents. “At meetings held to discuss our earthquake Please let me know if you would like to zoning we realised that we were in a black be added to the list. hole in terms of residents’ associations. “We have a mixed zone area of red-zoned homes and blue-green homes so we thought if P 03 382 0288 E lianne.dalziel.mp@parliament.govt.nz we formed a group we could focus on issues Authorised by Lianne Dalziel, 133 New Brighton Mall, Christchurch concerning all residents.” Mr Gallot said the residents’ association had organised clean-ups of their neighbourhood to ensure that red-zoned properties were maintained. “We’ve also had about four informal gatherings in the local park for people to get together and share ideas.” Mr Gallot felt the earthquakes had given people a sense of belonging to the community. The Circulation Booster is a “If there’s one positive aspect, it’s that we medical device designed to help all know our neighbours and community much increase blood circulation in the better than before. lower limbs. By simply placing “People want to talk and share their ideas.” your feet on each of the pads, Burwood East Residents’ Association theraputic electrical impulses chairperson Melissa Barber echoed Mr Gallot’s stimulate the nerve endings on sentiments. “Different people in the area have different the soles of the fee and the concerns according to their zoning but the muscles in the lower legs. common interest is that people want to be in the loop. “The residents’ association is here to support BRIGHTON RIGHTON VILLAGE people living in the community whether they PHARMACY want to remain here or move on.” 104 - 108 Brighton Mall - Phone 388 9546 - OPEN 7 DAYS

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Top effort: Seventeen-year-old Zac Barber, of Burwood, races towards the finish line to scoop the Canterbury Secondary Schools Triathlon for the fifth consecutive year. Barber, who attends St Bede’s College, also won the South Island Secondary Schools Triathlon in Oamaru on March 3. Now he has his sights set on taking out the Secondary Schools Nationals, which are being held in Karipiro today. He has also qualified to represent New Zealand in the under-19 World Triathlon Champs, which will be held in Auckland in October.

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Quake damage forces building’s closure THE building occupied by the Bishopdale Community Preschool has been closed until further notice. The Christchurch City Council closed the building, which it leases to the pre-school, after receiving the results of a quantitative engineering report. It showed the building in the Bishopdale Mall complex was earthquake-prone. Engineers recommended the building should not be occupied. An earlier qualitative report completed in November last year showed the building was 40 percent of the National Building Standard (NBS). However, after reviewing this report, the council decided to commission a quantitative assessment to investigate the building’s seismic capacity more closely. Engineers conducted a visual inspection of the inside and outside of the building to identify any obvious structural damage after

last year’s February earthquake and it received a green placard. Mr Aitken said the council was conscious that the closure would cause inconvenience and distress for children who attend the preschool, and their families. Council staff members visited the pre-school on Tuesday to talk to management and distribute letters to parents. “We know that this will be upsetting for many families, but the safety of those using the facility is our priority and we must ensure they are not put at risk in the event of future earthquakes,” he said. The council will now investigate repair and earthquake strengthening options, as part of its Facilities Rebuild Plan project. Recommendations will go to elected members in due course. The pre-school building was built in 1974, with some later additions.

Teaching the basics Community Diary Get fit: North-west sports instructor Keryn Ambler takes years three and four students from Northcote Primary School for a physical education lesson. Mr Ambler has spent the past term working with students at Belfast, Northcote and Redwood schools as part of a Belfast Community Network initiative. Mr Ambler said he was teaching children the basic skills required for playing different sports such as throwing and catching. “With the Government’s push in literacy and numeracy sometimes the physical education side of schools drops away,” he said. Teacher Kerri Narbey said it was a fantastic opportunity for children who might otherwise not get to play sport, to experience what it is like playing together as a team Photo: Tania Butterfield

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Long queues: Bus stops in Papanui Road were a lot busier than usual on Saturday night as rugby fans queued to be taken to the new AMI Stadium for the Crusaders-Cheetahs Super Rugby match. More than 4500 passengers around the city travelled by bus to the match. Environment Canterbury said the service worked well overall except through Papanui.

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To submit your notice Email to diary@norwestnews.co.nz or Post to Community Diary, P.O. Box 39176 Harewood, Christchurch 8545 THE Way of the Cross, presented by the Jubilate Singers & directed by Grant Hutchinson, is offered to the people of Christchurch as an opportunity to reflect while enjoying some of the finest music ever written for this time of year. Saturday 31st March 7.30pm at Our Lady of Victories Church, 106 Main South Rd, Sockburn, Chch. Entrance programme $10 to $15 donation recommended. RICCARTON Players presents Playbox Theatre The Princess And The Frog & other stories, songs & poems, directed by Susan Cameron & Phil Dean, On 12th 22nd April 2012, Thursdays & Fridays 6pm, Saturdays & Sundays 11am & 2pm At Hagley Open Stage, 510 Hagley Avenue, Chch, all seats $7, book now 3384699 or visit www.riccartonplayers.co.nz CITY’S Largest garage sale at Canterbury Horticultural Centre, 57 Riccarton Ave, Saturday 31st March 8-30am to 12-30pm, cakes & produce, jams, pickles & sweets, plants galore, white elephant, clothing, china, childrens clothing, shoes, floral art containers, toys & games, garden books, garden tools, potting mix, flowers & posies, manchester, sausage sizzle. STASH Rehash fabric market is being held from 11am to 2pm Saturday 14th April at 96 Bristol St, Blind Foundation Hall, entry by gold coin donation to Arthritis NZ, Arthritis NZ will again be holding stall selling donated materials & craft supplies, if you would like to donate goods plse contact us on 03 366-8383. EMBROIDERY For all skill levels, Canterbury Embroideries Guild, groups meet several times weekly, contact Roz 03 383-6946 or Rosemary 03 358-4256 YALDHURST Ladies Probus Club, is looking to welcome new members at their meetings in Upper Riccarton on the 3rd Tuesday in each month, variety of interesting speakers & arranged outings are held with friendly club, enquiries to Glenis 03 342-5350 or Jan 03 342-9202 HAGLEY Ladies Probus Club, welcomes new members to join our club. We meet at Crockfords Bridge Club rooms, 218 Riccarton Road on 1st Tuesday of each month at 1-30pm & 3rd Tuesday is our outings day. Very interesting speakers & enjoyable outings are had by all, good off street parking available, plse contact Waverley 03 342-8226 or Joan 03 352-1338. The Community Noticeboard is for non proﬁt groups or organisations. Items submitted must include a phone number and any associated costs and must not be more than 50 words. This is a free service from Mainland Press which reserves the right to edit submissions or to withhold items from publication if they do not ﬁt the criteria, or due to space constraints.

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On the website you will find all the members businesses listed, with links to each individual member website, including information contacts and a location map for each member.

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The website is in the early stages of development, but hopes in the future to include many local community group activities as well. The local Business Association are working with council and local authorities to see the development of the Papanui Village business precinct go ahead.

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Footwear & Bag Repairs 482 Papanui Road Ph: 354-4011

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