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Artistic Back to treasures basics Antarctica bound Grow your own: New Zealand’s gardener of the year Jade Temepara showcases her vegetable garden Digging the Future at the Ellerslie International Flower Show which opened yesterday. The Ashburton designer created her garden with $100 to support a family of four. For more on Ellerslie see pages 2, 20 and 21. Photo: Gilbert Wealleans

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Weaving stories: Weavers from Ngai Tahu and Antarctica New Zealand, from left, Ranui Ngarimu, Nita Smith, Tangi Weepu, Papakura Tainui, Joe Mason, Nan Pu, Julie Patterson, Bunty Mason, Rititia Read, Danealla Mason and Jo Eckersley, show the two tukutuku panels. Inset: Putting the finishing touches on a panel. Photos: Samantha Early

Samantha Early Gina McKenzie WORKS of Maori art are heading to the bottom COMMUNITY action could help solve a spate of the world to make New Zealand’s base on of eastern suburbs arson attacks, according to the frozen continent of Antarctica feel more like Fire Service Christchurch area commander Jon home. Graham. Antarctica New Zealand chief executive Lou The series of arson attacks over the past three Sanson said in a focus group last year some of the weekends razed the landmark 52-year-old Maori staff members indicated they did not see Leander Building at Kerrs Reach in Avonside any sign of their traditions at Scott Base. Drive and damaged Aranui High School, In response, the organisation commissioned Avondale Primary and Aranui Kids First Ngai Tahu to provide a pair of woven tukutuku Kindergarten. panels, a pou whenua (carved pole) and a carved The attacks stepped up a notch at the weekend sign. with seven fires lit in the early hours of Saturday “It’s about making our base in Antarctica feel morning in Aldershot and Portsmouth streets very New Zealand and proudly recognising our and Ben Rarere Avenue in Aranui. Maori heritage,” Mr Sanson said. Four of the fires were lit at properties and at Antarctica New Zealand is a Crown entity responsible for developing, managing and

executing the government’s activities in Antarctica two of the properties people were asleep inside and the Southern Ocean. their houses at the time. The pou whenua will stand directly in front The residents escaped uninjured but the of Scott Base, with the sign to be placed at its escalation in the arson attacks had alarmed Mr entrance. Graham. Both items are being carved in Hokitika. “We’re very concerned that these attacks are The two tukutuku panels were finished in creeping into properties while residents are Christchurch last week by a team of weavers, asleep. including members of the Kati Waewae hapu “It’s gone too far and needs to be stopped.” from Arahura on the West Coast. Mr Graham hoped Wainoni and Avonside They were assisted by eight Antarctica New residents would be able to provide further Zealand staff members. information. Ngai Tahu weaver Ranui Ngarimu said the “People are our eyes and ears and even a panels would hang on a leaders’ wall and a small detail such as seeing an unfamiliar person memorial wall, and each used traditional designs in their street could provide a breakthrough. to tell stories. She said the Manukura panel, which represented

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Disappointing at this stage is the lack of direction TUESDAY, September 4, 2012 would have brought a number of emotions for Christchurch or vision for the education sector that was also people, depending on how, after two years, you adversely affected. With all the resources the and your family have been able to adapt to the government ministries have, this is not acceptable. changing environment. Politicians, of course, used Trends, data and people movement should have the day to reaffirm the progress or milestones, been captured by now and the future path for which they felt showed how far we had come. our education system and any other agencies One of the stellar performances over the last for the core delivery of services should now be clear. Our social agencies also have two years has been from our health toiled away, under pressure, undersystem, considering the pressure resourced and probably feeling under cooker situation it has worked under. appreciated. We have seen a plethora With the state of our hospitals and of committees, groups of all ilks. After the capacity of the non-government all this time, and all the resources and sector that supports them, the postenergy that have been expended, it is earthquake efforts have been sublime. appropriate to ask ourselves what we The leadership of CEO David Meates, have achieved after such a mammoth a focused health board and a highly upheaval. That’s the hard part. We are dedicated and professional staff a city divided between those that have, have meant the government has now Jo Kane and those that don’t. We have so many signed off the facilities master plan layers to navigate it is easy to be lost that was set in motion in 2010. This is critical government spend and should not be in the tide. It is time to take stock, consider what underestimated. Our health board continued to worked well , what didn’t and why. Of all the meet most targets, continued to deliver first- promises and all the posturing it is disappointing class health provisions under the most trying of and hugely distracting that the simple lack of conditions. The investment that the government communication continues to dismay many in the has now approved is long overdue, and it should community. Canterbury people have shown over deliver a safe, efficient and affordable health the last two years just how strong a community system the people of Canterbury can continue we are. It is time to stop trading on that strength to rely on. It is the type of investment we should and drill down to the real problem areas, prioritise be able to elicit from both the public and private those in greatest need, work together and listen to what people are saying. sector.

CPIT to go Smokefree THE Christchurch Polytech Institute of Technology (CPIT) is going Smokefree from January 1, 2013. The policy will apply to CPIT campuses, car parks and CPIT vehicles and affects all staff, students and visitors. CPIT chief executive Kay Giles said the policy was designed to support staff wellbeing. “We are committed to ensuring a safe working and learning environment free from the proven harmful effects of second-hand smoke. Although smoking is known as a major

cause of illness and death, some people may choose to maintain this habit, but for those who want to use the Smokefree deadline as motivation to quit, we will help as much as we can.” CPIT supports the government vision of a Smokefree Aotearoa by 2025. The institute’s smokefree policy is a collaboration between the CPIT Council, management, student association (CPSA), human resources, health and safety and facilities management.

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Singing away quake anniversary blues GIVING happier memories of September 4 was the aim of a community concert held at the Wainoni Methodist Church on Tuesday. The ‘Eastenders Endurance’ concert was organised by Betty Chapman, the community coordinator for the Wainoni Avonside Community Services Trust, to mark the second anniversary of the September 2010

earthquake. She said the aim was for people to go home happy and it was also a way of thanking the approximately 40 community groups who had helped people in the eastern suburbs. About 100 local residents turned out for the concert which featured guest speakers Christchurch East MP Leanne Dalziel and

Mayor Bob Parker. Student Volunteer Army founder Sam Johnson played the piano and sang a piece from Phantom of the Opera and there were also performances from Kaiapoi duo Fragments of Grace, Rachel Harré and Frank Malone, and Lincoln-based singer songwriter June Burney. Photos: Gilbert Wealleans

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Working together to end discharge into the Waimakariri River

Partnership for Christchurch Coastal Pathway Project The work is starting following a community partnership between the Christchurch City Council and Christchurch Coastal Pathway Group (CPG). Mayor Bob Parker says, “The Council, in seeking an appropriate way to support this project, has undertaken to provide initial funding and project management. The project budget for this stage is $50,000 which has already been allocated for this purpose in the Annual Plan. “A desire to see a recreational asset that speaks to the spirit of Christchurch come to fruition and to ensure CPG can meet funding application deadlines meant the project planning had to get underway now.

lodging submissions to Council, we “The pathway will cater for children, now have this community partnership pedestrians, cyclists, skateboarders in place,” say Mel Slemint and and people using scooters and Michael Sleigh, Committee Members wheelchairs and is planned to for the Pathway Group. connect Ferrymead to Mt Pleasant and on through Redcliffs, finishing at the “We are sure the Christchurch Coastal end of Scarborough Beach in Sumner,” Pathway will make the most of Mr Parker says. our dramatic and varied coastline, making it accessible to locals and Hagley/Ferrymead Community Board visitors, protecting and enhancing the Chairperson Bob Todd says, “This habitat for wildlife and connecting the project has wide community support earthquake-damaged communities and has been identified by the Board along its route.” as its priority capital project because of its significance to the community The Council, working with the CPG, and to recovery in the area.” will commission award-winning landscape architects Wraight The project will be similar to the New Associates, who will lead a multiPlymouth, Napier, and Wellington disciplinary team to undertake the pathways, which stretch along their first stage of the design and master coastal edges. The award-winning sixplan work. kilometre pathway in New Plymouth averages over 40,000 users a month. Extensive consultation with the wider community and stakeholders “It is most heartening following the will start in late September and be unprecedented level of public support followed by further meetings in across the Port Hills and Christchurch October. communities. With over 1,400 locals

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Wastewater from Silver Fern Farm’s Belfast meat processing plant now goes to the Christchurch City Council’s treatment plant at Bromley.

Mayor Bob Parker says the Council was pleased to mark the end of the project, after many years of work with Silver Fern Farms and Environment Canterbury.

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Earthquake Awards nominations close soon Nominations for the second round of the Christchurch Earthquake Awards will close on 21 September. The earthquake awards were presented for the first time in February 2012 and are being held a second time to give people who were previously unaware of the awards an opportunity to nominate a worthy candidate. The awards are to honour people who undertook acts of kindness, service or heroism during the earthquakes. For further information or to nominate someone visit www.ccc.govt.nz/ civicawards or pick up a nomination form from your closest Council Service Centre.

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have invested in construction work to provide the alternative discharge route. Damage to Christchurch’s infrastructure from the earthquakes extended the timeframe for the Belfast pipe closure until July 30 this year.

The move will have a positive impact on the Waimakariri River’s water quality as it was the last industrial discharge into the waterway. Fishing and recreation activities will be able to take place at all times except when the river is in flood.

The Pathway will let residents and visitors explore our beautiful coast.

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Silver Fern Farms, Christchurch City Council and Environment Canterbury are celebrating the end of a successful project to replace a pipe discharging treated wastewater into the Waimakariri River.

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Going up: Mark Pugh-Williams climbing Mt Pleasant’s Dominion crag in 2010.

many crags such as Castle Rock, Barnett Park and John Britten were too severely damaged to carry out any further evaluation at this time and would remain closed for the foreseeable future. “We have provided some updates to the Alpine Club and will continue to update key groups on any progress and developments as we carry on with evaluations and remediation work. “We appreciate the patience and understanding of those that are keen to get back into the parks; our primary concern is public safety for those that use these areas. The process is complex and does take time, so we ask that people do follow that signage that is in place.” One success had been the reopening of Cattlestop Crag in April after geotechnical inspections and hand scaling to remove loose and fractured rocks were carried out.

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Writing reality: British novelist Chris Cleave holds Gold, his most recent book, published in time for the London Olympics. Photo: Chelsea Shover

IN his most recent novel, Gold, Mr Cleave tackled the subject of Olympic cycling. To research the book, he found an elite cycling team that would let him train with them. Stressing that he was by no means an elite athlete himself, Mr Cleave said going through the same regimen helped him gain a deeper understanding of the athletes’ lives and psyches. “I think of what I do as halfway between fiction and reportage,” he said. In writing Gold, he wanted to go beyond the questions sportscasters generally ask athletes in post-competition glory. “I prefer to ask them a question at six in the morning two years ahead [of the Olympics],” he said, such as “What happened to you when you were six years old that made you hate losing?” In his previous work, he gained a reputation for tackling controversial territory. “My stuff is like Marmite, you either love it or hate it,” he said. His novel The Other Hand told the story of a Nigerian asylum seeker caught up in the UK immigration system. He interviewed two dozen refugees and learned about the ongoing conflict in Nigeria, where Western oil companies drill. People are killed, displaced, and many end up in the UK seeking asylum. The book is shocking, and public reactions to it have covered the range from very positive to strongly against. But most importantly to Mr Cleave, it has got people talking about asylum seekers. “I don’t want to have the last word,” he said. “I’m happy if more people start talking about it.”

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Signs of the times: The words ‘illegal advertising’ and ‘visual pollution’ have been spotted plastered over signs hung on lampposts, fences and trees around Christchurch during the past week. These altered signs were spotted in Carlton Mill Road and Rossall Street, but many more were hung on trees in the median strip on Bealey Avenue. Plasterer Kelven James Crawford, who had one of his signs targeted, said he didn’t ask for permission to put it up, but he was just trying to get the word out about the service he was offering. “I’ve seen that many signs around Christchurch and the way Canterbury is at the moment we want Canterbury people in work.” When alerted to the ‘illegal advertising’ sticker on Monday, Mr Crawford told Mainland Press he would take his sign down the next day. The Christchurch City Council’s manager of inspections and enforcement, Gary Lennan, said enforcement officers still investigated complaints in relation to signage when it did not comply with the Christchurch City Plan or bylaw. “However, we are mindful of the difficult business environment post-earthquakes and the need for businesses to advertise either their return

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NINE Christchurch youths aged between 14 and 24 recently attended a two-day hui to get involved in local water management. The hui was organised by Environment Canterbury (ECan) in conjunction with the Canterbury Water Christchurch – West Melton Zone Committee. ECan youth engagement team leader Sian Carvell said the goals and values of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy (CWMS) required young people to be involved.

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WORDS can’t explain the beauty of the Kermadec Islands, according to St Thomas of Canterbury College student Craig Smith, who recently took part in the first-ever Young Blake Expedition. “You were just around one of the most pristine environments there is, even the water was so crystal clear,” Craig, who lives in Leeston, said. As one of the 30 youth delegates on the 12-day August expedition, led by the Sir Peter Blake Trust, his role included plankton monitoring, taking part in Navy life on the HMNZS Canterbury and tagging sharks for research. “We had to catch them off a fishing rod, which we all had permits for, bring it on to the boat, size it up, see what breed and sex it is, put a tag in there, measure it up,” he said. He said the biggest one he saw was about 1.57 metres long. Craig said he was planning a career in the Navy once he had finished school. “I also want to make people environmentally aware of what we have and what we need to protect because if you don’t protect it, it will be gone.” Craig said another highlight was tramping on Raoul Island and coming across the wreck of the Kinei Maru at Denham Bay. He also had the experience of sailing through a “white sea” of pumice, which was floating on the ocean as a result of an underwater volcano. He said he was made to feel at home on the ship and loved experiencing it all with a great bunch of people including teenagers who had the same concern for the environment as he had, although

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THERE will be a double bill at the Christchurch Folk Music Club, based in Spreydon, this Sunday, September 9. Guitarist Chris Budgen and the Lyttelton Short String Orchestra will share their tunes. Mr Budgen, originally from Auckland and with a long association with the Devonport Folk Music Club, likes fingerstyle guitar but these days plays more with a flat pick. The Lyttelton Short String Orchestra is a group of friends who meet once a week in New building: New World St Martins store owner Russell Lyttelton to enjoy playing ukulele together and McKenzie on site, more of which is shown on the right. working on arrangements and techniques to Photos: Supplied extend their skills. The Christchurch Folk Music Club is meeting at the Irish Society Hall at 25 Domain Terrace, Spreydon. This concert begins 7.30 pm. The bar and doors will be open from 7 Samantha Early pm. Tickets are available on the door at $7 for THE rebuilt New World supermarket at St and we have been able to incorporate many of members and $12 for non-members. the suggestions that we have received from our Martins is due to open this month. The original supermarket was demolished loyal customers,” Mr McKenzie said. The supermarket is approximately 25 per cent after being damaged in the February 22, 2011 bigger than the old building with 437 grocery earthquake. The new shopping centre, a $20-million bays, more than any other New World in the project, has been designed with strength in South Island. It also has 11 full checkouts, two express mind. It has 143 piles dug down to bedrock up to lanes and seven self-scan areas, along with 253 20 metres below ground level, which have been car parks. The opening of the supermarket is the first filled with reinforced concrete. Store owner Russell McKenzie said the piles stage of the development, with other retail were 750mm in diameter and on average, 18 outlets including a bank and pharmacy also likely to open in the coming months. metres deep. A temporary St Martin’s Library was also “It has been an arduous task with the piling work taking three months to complete, but we planned to open in a separate building on the wanted to ensure that whatever sized earthquake site. New Zealand Post spokesman Michael Tull we might experience in the future, our customers said the original St Martins Post Shop, which would feel safe in our supermarket,” he said. Redeem this advert for a Other design features of the supermarket was destroyed in the earthquake, was a franchise include a post tension concrete floor in the store. Mr Tull said New Zealand Post had not as yet main retail area with polished exposed concrete on our beautiful fresh flowers finish and a building management system that been approached by anyone wanting to set up a ~ will control the lighting, heating, ventilation postal franchise at the new centre. Phone 322 9320 - 15 Lillian Street “The door is certainly open but we haven’t and security. www.flowergirlsathalswell.co.nz “It certainly is a state-of-the-art supermarket heard from anyone as yet,” he said.

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A drilling programme to investigate homes within the Canterbury Home Repair Programme managed by Fletcher EQR will be complete by mid-2013. Below are the suburbs where we have completed work or have work underway. Drilling for a full collaborative programme with insurers would be expected to conclude by March 2014.

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Let’s get a campaign going I ALWAYS feel very privileged that the Mainland Press allows me the opportunity to write a weekly column. It gives me an outlet to write about things/issues I let fill my head and that keep me awake at nights thinking! Believe me, the biggest buzz I get is the email feedback from the readers. It’s great to think people take the time to read what is becoming an important free newspaper that is delivered to your door. Of course, not everyone agrees with what I write and that for me is very stimulating. Journalists rely heavily on feedback, so please, keep it coming. Since the earthquakes there has been a plethora of action groups that have sprung up. There are a lot of disgruntled people who feel the only way they can have a voice is to take to the streets and head for ‘City Hall’. There have also been a lot of opportunities for local residents to comment on the shape and style of our new city as it is developed and rebuilt. It’s very healthy for the community to have a say. Apathy does not achieve anything, and for a long time the citizens of Canterbury have sat on their collective hands and moaned and groaned about things behind closed doors. No longer – and that is very healthy for the city going forward. A few weeks ago I floated the idea that we should take a serious look at putting a bid in to host a future Commonwealth Games. I said there was an option to play host to the 2024 Games. I was very correctly pulled up by some readers who told me the Games will actually be held in 2022. Thank you for putting me straight, but it has not encouraged me to take my eye off the ultimate goal. What it has done is make me realise that 2022 may be too short a time frame for the Garden City to be ready to host

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WORKS of Maori art are heading to the bottom of the world to make New Zealand’s base on the frozen continent of Antarctica feel more like home. Antarctica New Zealand chief executive Lou Sanson said in a focus group last year some of the Maori staff members indicated they did not see any sign of their traditions at Scott Base. In response, the organisation commissioned Ngai Tahu to provide a pair of woven tukutuku panels, a pou whenua (carved pole) and a carved sign. “It’s about making our base in Antarctica feel very New Zealand and proudly recognising our Maori heritage,” Mr Sanson said. Antarctica New Zealand is a Crown entity responsible for developing, managing and

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Eastside dance party a chance to meet new friends EIGHT eastside primary schools were hosted for a dance party on a recent Friday night in New Brighton. This joint venture by Youth Alive Trust and Blue Light aimed to bring together year 7 and 8 students from the area for a night of fun and a chance to meet future friends before going to high school. It also served a number of schools in the area that no longer have school halls and can’t run their normal school discos. “Our young people have missed out on the chance to show their moves on the dance floor, as our school hall is closed. There was a real buzz and excitement in the lead-up to the dance party and it was great to see so many big smiles at the end of the night,” senior teacher at South New Brighton Primary School Amy Ridpath said. Youth Alive Trust youth worker Amber Henderson said many of the local schools only had a small number of year 7 and 8 students, so bringing them together “created an exciting energy”. “Some of these young people will end up being best friends in high school, and this might have been the first time they met,” Ms Anderson said. This is the second joint dance party Youth Alive Trust and Blue Light have organised for the schools on the east of Christchurch, and a booking has already been made for the next one. The event took place at North New Brighton War Memorial Hall. The schools that took part were South New Brighton Primary, North New Brighton Primary, Central New Brighton Primary, New Brighton Catholic, Freeville Primary, Wainoni Primary, Queenspark High excitement: Enjoying the dance party fun are from left: Georgia Levington, Ariana Austin, Britney Primary and Parkview Primary. Nichols, Junior Acero, Levi Collins, Daniel Banks, Shanay Tehaate, Amber Page and Jesse Tuck.

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Yellow-themed lunch supports Daffodil Day appeal A ‘YELLOW Luncheon’ organised by the Wainoni Avonside Community Services Trust last Thursday inspired a group of local residents to get into the daffodil-coloured theme by entering the Best Yellow Plate of food and Best Yellow Dress competitions. The event was arranged to support the Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day appeal and the participants made donations to the cause, as well as having fun, organiser Betty Chapman said. Ali Mitchell from the Cancer Society judged the entries, with Jeanette Brown winning the Best Yellow Plate and Eve Stockdale the Best Yellow Dress. A cancer survivor also told her story of how she had beaten cancer after being diagnosed three years ago, Mrs Chapman said. Although the donations hadn’t been counted, but were added to the Cancer Society’s overall collection, Ms Mitchell noted that the Yellow Luncheon participants had been particularly generous, Mrs Chapman said.

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10 to 12 months to complete. The detour and one-way system will remain in place during this time. The bridge will remain open in both directions for cyclists and pedestrian traffic. The one-way detour is the preferred option for managing the bridge and wastewater repair as there is not enough queuing space at the roundabouts at either end. Traffic would potentially block these intersections under a one-way traffic lights or manual traffic management system, with significant delays and risks. In a Civil Defence emergency the works down Bridge St and on the bridge will allow traffic to flow out of Southshore and South New Brighton. Works will immediately cease. A second, short-term detour around Estuary Rd roundabout will be in place from Monday. SCIRT thanks everyone in South Brighton and Southshore for their patience getting the area back on its feet. SCIRT also encourages people to continue to use local businesses as much as possible despite access and parking difficulties.

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PILLOWS shaped like battle axes, jewellery from earthquake rubble and moisturiser “by men, for men” were just some of the wares on offer at the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) Trade Fair held at Northland Mall on Saturday. Taking top honours was a team selling Anything Sauce, a garlic-chilli and barbeque sauce designed to enliven bland noodles and toasties. Avonside Girls High’s team won the best customer service award for their charity bracelets. The team put together bracelets featuring kiwi charms, which they made in hard materials class. They sold the bracelets to raise money for a three-year-old boy in treatment for leukaemia. They won $50 to invest in their business. Fifteen teams from eight schools entered

Canterbury’s Young Enterprise Scheme, which invited high school entrepreneurs to create and market a product. All the teams focused on building a business, but several also incorporated a charitable element. A team from Marion College crafted jewellery from the rubble of St Michael’s church. Maijon Calcutt, Holly Sterling and Nicole Egan said they wanted to “use the rubble in a nice way”. Their earrings, bracelets and necklaces incorporated stones from the church, and key rings displayed crosses. They were donating a portion of their profits to St John Ambulance Service. Many products – like a sweatshirt fitted with holes to thread an iPod through, a babysitting guide, hair-wrap kits and Anything Sauce – spoke to a youth market. Others honed in

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SIX students who might have an Olympics in their future had the opportunity to lunch with Olympians who had just returned from London. The gold medal sailing team of Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie, rower Louise Trappitt, rowing coach Calvin Ferguson, rowing physio Craig Newlands and swimmer Steven Kent shared pizza, chips, salad and bread with the students. “I liked actually getting to know them,” said Nicholas Close, who is a year 5 student at Burwood School. Nicholas, the youngest of the selected students, is a promising swimmer. He competed at nationals last year and has nine qualifying times already this year. The lunch took place at Cocopelli’s at The Palms following the city’s welcome home ceremony. The students rotated tables to have a chance to speak with each Olympian. The students were chosen based on paragraphs they wrote about their athletic accomplishments and future goals. Prior to the lunch, the students did not know which athletes would be attending. Having the gold medalists among them was especially exciting, they said. Ford (9, Lower Hutt), Maya Kalbarczyk (12, Nicholas said it was interesting to hear the Auckland) and Natasha Tate (12, Auckland) athletes talking about supporting teams from selected as winners. other countries and was particularly surprised Daily deal operator GrabOne along with to hear them say they liked Australia. fashion designer for World and competition judge Denise L’Estrange-Corbet have also created badge designs to be sold alongside the Caltex Dyers Road children’s designs. One hundred per cent of the purchase price from each badge sold will go back to Kidsline to enable them to continue to provide support to the growing number of New Zealand children under 14 who call the service each year.

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Special Sauce: Dillon George, John Sullivan and Jacob Hughes Hutton of Hagley Community College won the Young Enterprise Scheme Trade Fair with their Anything Sauce. Photo: Chelsea Shover

Chelsea Shover PILLOWS shaped like battle axes, jewellery from earthquake rubble and moisturiser ‘by men, for men’ were just some of the wares on offer at the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) Trade Fair held at Northlands Mall last Saturday. Taking top honours was a team selling Anything Sauce, a garlic-chilli and barbeque sauce designed to enliven bland noodles and toasties. Made in the school kitchen at Hagley Community College and sold for $8 a bottle at markets, Anything Sauce is the brainchild of Dillon George, John Sullivan, Jacob Hughes Hutton and Lennox Kelway Pope, all year 13 students at Hagley. At Saturday’s fair, they offered samples on bread and cheese chips to browsers who stopped to look at the statistics flashing on their computer screen. They took home a prize of $100 to invest in their business. Fifteen teams from eight schools entered Canterbury’s Young Enterprise Scheme, which

invited high school entrepreneurs to create and market a product. Many products – like a sweatshirt fitted with holes to thread an iPod through, a babysitting guide, hair wrap kits and Anything Sauce – spoke to a youth market. Others honed in on older buyers. A team from Rangi Ruru designed a flat pack for quad bikes to transport lambs or produce. A team from St Thomas of Canterbury sold bread boards made of kauri and kahikatea, complete with recipes for Maori bread and English bread. Some teams developed their products specifically to enter the contest, but for at least one team the product came first. Desiree Lyford, a year 13 student at Linwood College’s teen parent unit, Kimihia Parents’ College, said she initially made the baby shower cake as a gift for a friend. Piling nappies, blankets, soap and wash cloths into the shape of a three-tiered cake, she made a care package of newborn essentials. Later, Desiree and her team discovered they could

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sell the gifts to classmates and others. Teams were judged on four categories at the Trade Fair. Avonside Girls High’s team won the best customer service award for their charity bracelets. The team made bracelets featuring kiwi charms they made in hard materials class and sold them to raise money for a three-yearold boy in treatment for leukaemia. The best product idea award went to a team from Rangi Ruru Girls School that made emergency whistle jewellery, designed to turn a safety device into a fashion accessory. A team from Hillmorton won the best YES promotion award. They designed a cell phone carrier case with a plastic screen that allows a user to operate a touch screen while protecting the phone or iPod from scratches or liquid damage. The best stall award recognised a team from St Margaret’s College that wrote a babysitting guide. At Saturday’s fair, a team member in a Winnie the Pooh suit handed out balloons. Each of the category winners received $50 to invest in their businesses.

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Community cake: Shirley-Papanui Community Board chair Chris Mene, International Lions Clubs Committee Chairman Wing-Kun Tam, Lions Clubs New Zealand district governor Peter Mechaelis and Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker cut a cake at the opening of the St Albans Transitional Community Centre.

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A TRANSITIONAL St Albans Community Centre will soon be operating at 1047-1049 Colombo Street. The centre is expected to be fully ready in about a week and the Christchurch City Council is already taking bookings, communications adviser for the council Joanna Bean said at the opening ceremony last week. The council partnered with Lions Club International to prepare the facility, which has two rooms and a capacity for 50 people. The centre is equipped with chairs, tables and a whiteboard, as well as kitchen and toilet facilities. The former centre was used for activities like laughing yoga, drama, book discussions, cooking and knitting. The St Albans Resource Centre was damaged in the February 22 earthquake and then demolished. Since then, community groups

COLOURFUL badges designed in the Kidsline Ford (9, Lower Hutt), Maya Kalbarczyk (12, Great Big Badge Design Competition went on Auckland) and Natasha Tate (12, Auckland) selected as winners. sale on Monday. Daily deal operator GrabOne along with The competition was created to encourage young Kiwis to openly share and talk about fashion designer for World and competition their feelings and to communicate that having judge Denise L’Estrange-Corbet have also created badge designs to be sold alongside the feelings of any kind is okay. Retailing for $2 each, the badges are being children’s designs. One hundred per cent of the purchase price sold exclusively in Farmers department stores from each badge sold will go back to Kidsline around St Albans have lacked space to hold throughout New Zealand until September 12. Hundreds of Kiwi kids entered the to enable them to continue to provide support to events. The Lions Club supplied the building on the competition with four winning designs by the growing number of New Zealand children Jordyn MacDonald (13, Wanaka), Loren under 14 who call the service each year. site of the former resource centre. At an opening ceremony last Wednesday, the St Albans Community Choir welcomed spectators with songs like Love Me With All of Your Heart. Riki Pitama blessed the facility with a mihi whakatau and karakia, leading the Lions, city councillors and other guests through the building and inviting them to touch the places where they would work. International Lions Clubs committee chairman Wing-Kun Canterbury@Heart’s Murmurs group Tam arrived from Hong Kong to participate in meets monthly at Rutland Street Church for parents of children with congenital heart the centre’s dedication. “The transitional phase for us is when we begin defects. Debbie Kopa, a family support worker for the collective process of moving forward,” Mr Canterbury@Heart, said the group knew of 400 Parker said at the opening. families in Canterbury dealing with childhood heart disease. Most children who attend are pre-school age and younger, but parents with children of all ages come to discuss medicines, treatments and life. “I have seen the school grow over the past Canterbury@Heart fundraises to provide travel 13 years into a thriving learning environment. subsidies and other support for parents, like Parents, teachers and the board of trustees toiletry kits, grocery vouchers and gifts to make should celebrate this terrific building and the a hospital stay easier for the child and family. learning that it will enable,” Mr Cosgrove Canterbury@Heart also publishes the book said. distributed to parents when their child is diagnosed “Having such a high-performing primary with a heart defect. A paediatric cardiologist school in the community is sure to make comes to Christchurch once a fortnight, but the a positive difference in the lives of north nearest paediatric cardiology department is in Christchurch children for years to come.” Auckland. Families often have to travel not only Mr Cosgrove also paid a special tribute to for their children’s major surgeries, but also for the parents and staff, many of whom have been routine procedures like MRIs. deeply affected by the earthquakes, yet despite In New Zealand, 12 babies are born with heart Heart support: Karen Hand, Canterbury@Heart their own problems have continued to offer a defects each week, and every year 450 open heart regional family support coordinator, with Felicha first-class learning and support environment. surgeries are performed on children. O’Brien and her son Aden, aged 20 months.

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Gold ambitions: Rebecca Gillett poses between sailing gold medallists Olivia Powrie, left, and Jo Aleh at a lunch following the official welcome home.

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and the athletes’ village. Zac said he was astonished to hear that Mr Kent swims 70 km per week. “It was a bit of a wake up,” he said, noting that he currently swims about 20 km per week, in addition to biking and running. The students were chosen based on paragraphs they wrote about their athletic accomplishments and future goals. Ben Musson, who competes in athletics at Papanui High, said the Olympians shared what they did to become the top athletes in the world, and how hard he would have to train to get there. Prior to the lunch, the students did not know which athletes would be attending. Ben said he was especially excited that the gold medal sailors were among the mix. “It was quite cool meeting them and getting to hold their medals,” he said.

Business savvy: Pip Widdon, right, recently won the New Zealand stage of an Australasian business competition. Sam Stapley, left, and Thomas Pearse also made it to the top four in the contest.

A University of Canterbury (UC) student is the New Zealand winner of Australasian competition Big Break Project, a Dragon’s Den style tertiary business competition. Pip Widdon beat 143 teams of pairs or individuals to win the New Zealand event last week, qualifying her for the Australasian finals in Melbourne on October 2 and 3. The winning team will receive $20,000 for themselves and $50,000 for their university. UC accounting lecturer and MBA director Tony Mortensen said the result represented not only a great win for Widdon, who had put in a tremendous amount of work but also a positive result for UC and New Zealand.

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