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Ben Reeves in action during the recent Go Pro Canterbury Surf Championships. Reeves won the senior men’s title at the event which was held across two Canterbury beaches with the final day’s action taking place at Taylors Mistake. Other Sumner surfers also had a successful event.•Story page, 18PHOTO: WARREN HAWKE

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Lyttelton’s air quality will be monitored after concerns were raised about pollution.

Environment Canterbury has told the Lyttelton-Mt Herbert Community Board it will moni-tor the particle pollution in the area for one year to see if it meets the national standards.

Community board chairwom-an Paula Smith said the issue had been in discussion for over a year, and the news was well re-ceived.

The board held a seminar in June last year with ECan rep-resentatives to discuss the pos-sibility of monitoring, and had recently reached a verbal agree-ment that it would go ahead.

It has not been confirmed when it begin but ECan will come back to the board with a proposal in the next couple of months, she said.

“We’ve got a number of [pol-lution] sources that are in close proximity to each other in Lyttel-ton in a town that is enclosed by hills.”

Those sources included the Lyttelton tunnel ventilation sys-tem, diesel locomotives, ves-sels entering and leaving port, moored vessels, machines load-ing and unloading industrial sources and an increasing num-ber of freight trucks.

With the expansion of the Lyttelton Port of Christchurch, it is expected that freight volumes will increase significantly over the next 40 years, she said.

“If we haven’t got a problem now, we may well have one in the future.”

Air quality was last monitored in Lyttelton in 2003 and the four sites chosen were in residen-tial areas and not where diesel concentrations were likely to be highest.

Ms Smith said this time round, Norwich Quay may be an area that could be monitored because it will have one of the highest concentrations of vehicles and businesses.

Tunnel exhaust fumes were also a concern because some people lived very close to it.

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BY GABRIELLE STUARTThe first fire truck on the scene of the 1947 Ballantynes fire has been restored, and was unveiled in Ferrymead over the weekend.

The 1945 Ford V8 was be-lieved to be beyond repair when it was discovered 10 years ago, rotting in a paddock.

But volunteers at the Hall of Flame Fire Museum have pains-takingly rebuilt it, restoring the engine and mechanics and com-pletely rebuilding the woodwork

and most of the body.The engine was the first ap-

pliance to turn out from the Central Fire Station on Lichfield St to battle the fire on November 1947, which killed 41 people.

More than 200 firefighters and 20 appliances attended the fire, which burned for more than four hours.

The fire truck was not dam-aged in the fire, and went on to be used at stations around the city, including in New Brighton,

Sydenham, and Lyttelton.It was sold in 1972, but there

were no records of who brought it.

It was used for several years as an irrigation pump on a farm, before it was discovered near Helensville by Thomas Grace, a vintage vehicle collector.

When he realised what it was, he donated it to the mu-seum.

The fire engine will stay on display at the Ferrymead Heritage Park Hall of Flame Fire Museum, which is open on Thursdays and Sundays from 10am-4.30pm

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Next time you are walking up the stairs at home with nothing heavier than a cup of tea, spare a thought for nine Lyttelton volun-teer firefighters who are taking stair climbing to a whole new level.

Fifty-one floors and 1103 steps, wearing 9kg of heavy pro-tective clothing, a helmet, gloves and boots, topped up with 14kg of breathing apparatus.

May 23 will be the sixth year the Lyttelton brigade has sent a team to the toughest physical challenge on any firefighter’s to-do-at-least-once list – the Sky-tower Stair Challenge.

The brigade won the prize for best new fundraiser in 2010 rais-ing more than $15,000 for Leu-kaemia and Blood Cancer NZ.

Last year, a total of $11,800 was raised and this year is expected to top them all, with $16,800 al-ready raised.

Four years ago the entry limit was 440 for the Skytower Chal-

lenge, and this year 750 places were snapped up in less than 20 minutes.

At the event, all generations of the Lyttelton brigade will be

represented, from Golden Oldie Glen aged 61 to Junior Jack aged 19.

Four of the brigade have tak-en part in the challenge at least

once before, while for five others it will be their first time.

Team members recently ran in The Star City2Surf with Mike Pero Real Estate 6km race in full kit and won the volunteer bri-gade event at the 18-floor Ren-dezvous Tower Climb.

But team captain Glen Walker said the 1103-step, 51-floor slog up a narrow concrete stairwell is a completely different animal.

“By halfway any game plan is out the window, it’s all about sur-vival and hoping your air supply doesn’t run out before the oh-so-welcome sight of the observation deck. Level 51 resembles a casu-alty clearing station as finishers cross the line in various stages of disrepair.”

To help the Lyttelton Volun-teer Fire Brigade Skytower team in their efforts to be the number one fundraisers, you can visit www.firefightersclimb.org.nz and search for team Lyttelton.

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STAIRS IN THEIR EYES: The Lyttelton Volunteer Fire Brigade have been fundraising for the annual Skytower Challenge with all money raised going to Leukaemia and Blood Cancer NZ.

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Plans to put parking restrictions on a narrow Heathcote Valley road are likely to go out for public consultation.

Concerns have been raised about the safety of pedestrians and children on Port Hills Rd oppo-site the children’s playground in Heathcote Domain.

Cars often park on the footpath on the western side of the road opposite the playground which meant pedestrians would have to walk on the road to get around them.

City council traffic engineer Stephen Hughes prepared a report

for the Hagley-Ferrymead Com-munity Board suggesting parking be prohibited on the western side of the road opposite the play-ground.

Public consultation is required and the community board will decide whether to approve it at its meeting today.

The report showed the most common issue on the road was with vehicles parking on the foot-path preventing pedestrians from using it.

They would then have to walk on the road to get around the parked cars, putting them at risk.

It was the only section of Port Hills Rd where the gutter is cov-

ered by bridge blocks and vehicles can easily access the footpath and park on it.

On some occasions vehicles parked opposite each other on both sides of the road restricting it to one lane.

Discussion about the issues on the road began last year when the board received a letter from the Heathcote Valley Community Association Inc outlining its con-cerns in the area.

Residents were concerned with the speed some vehicles were travelling considering there were a number of young families in the area, and the road being nar-row.

As part of the report, the city council asked residents along the stretch of the road if there were any traffic or parking issues.

Of the nine responses, seven said that parked vehicles could reduce the road to one lane.

One submitter said prohibited parking on one side was a start as the road is narrower near the playground.

The submitter also said the road adjacent to the park should be widened.

If the community board approves the public consultation, it would be carried out and the feedback would then come back to the board for consideration.

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HAPPY FACES: Year 7 and 8 pupils from Our Lady Star of the Sea School in Sumner, on their school camp in Wellington. The pupils wanted to thank the community for supporting their fundraising activities leading up to the camp. Through cake stalls, fudge sales, bacon sales and grants from the Red Cross and the Christchurch Catholic Diocese they raised $6300 of the $10,000 required to get there. Port Hills MP Ruth Dyson also organised lunch and a personal tour of Parliament for the pupils.

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ECan principal strategy ad-visor Nadeine Dommisse said a proposal for monitoring air quality in Lyttelton had been discussed with the community board but details had not been developed at this stage.

“Further discussions are planned with the community board in June and also with other organisations with an interest in air quality,” she said.

The city council has also made a submission on ECan’s Air Plan outlining concerns with air pol-lution in the area.

The Lyttelton Port was a focus of the submission, with dust and diesel emissions from port activi-ties showing to be a concern.

Councillors decided the moni-toring of particle pollution was urgent because of the increasing freight volumes.

But in a report prepared by the Lyttelton Port last year as part of its Port Lyttelton Plan informa-tion package, it predicted there would be no breach of the rel-evant air quality standard levels.

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So you’ve had back to back in-terviews today – what’s it like to come back to New Zealand and get so much attention?

It is certainly very flattering, but it is a bit strange. This is all very new and exciting.

We seem to constantly lose our Kiwi artists overseas, either before or after they make it big. Why do you think that is?

I don’t know. For me moving gave just a fresh, new angle. You sort of have to give up the limited fame and fortune you

had in New Zealand. I had to completely rebuild that when I arrived in Australia. Even moving to a new group of friends you have the opportunity to start fresh, and to be the cool guy when you’re really just the idiot. And you know you’re going over there for a reason, so you have to step it up.

Have you been able to make it back much since you moved to Melbourne?

I have, at least four or five times. Sometimes to perform but some-times just to hang out with friends or for birthdays.

What’s it like to come back and perform at home?

I am trying to work that out. Just generally coming home and trying to lock back into this world is an interesting thing. But I’ve been touring a lot in Australia and there’s some new and, hopefully, exciting stuff I am bringing back, so I’m looking forward to it.

Is performing for a home crowd any different?

It feels different. It feels like it’s pretty special. Obviously they’re particularly nice to me. But I don’t like to think about it when I’m

performing, it’s just another show.Why is that?Well, the idea is that I’m hope-

fully building toward or trying to create the ideal show, whatever that looks like. So it would be remiss of me to alter that funda-mentally.

Tell me about your life in Mel-bourne?

It’s pretty seldom I’m there, be-cause I’m constantly on tour at the moment, so I’m either on the road or hiding in my room. I’m living in a room above a pub with my partner, and she’s always touring

too so when we’re home we don’t see anyone but each other really. I eat a lot of Vietnamese food and watch a lot of TV.

Your partner’s a fellow Kiwi musician, right?

Yeah, she’s a Christchurch girl. Her name is Aldous Harding, and she’s got a wonderful career of her own. She’s off to Europe for a tour pretty soon, so I’m going to go with her and do a couple of shows together, and a few of my own shows as well. I helped her with her first album, so we had a musi-cal history together.

It must be pretty tough to jug-gle, when you’re both on tour so much?

Yeah, it’s just a matter of trying to schedule things properly so it works out. I’ve never done this before, dating a musician, so we’re figuring it out as we go.

What’s surprised you the most about life as a musician?

I didn’t really have any precon-ceived notions about what it was going to be like, so nothing has re-ally surprised me because I wasn’t expecting anything. I have sort of surprised myself with how much time I like to spend alone. The old me would have been pretty surprised by that.

Why do you think that is? Is it to do with the creative process?

Musician’s chance toThe future is looking bright for former Lyttelton musician Marlon Williams. He has spent the last 18 months living in Melbourne and touring Australian music festivals, and is about to set off on tours around Europe and Canada. He spoke to Gabrielle Stuart about life on the road.

LOOKING AHEAD: Singer-songwriter Marlon Williams has released his self-titled debut album this month, and is gearing up for several international tours.

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What’s happening?At the Christchurch City Council we are reviewing our District Plan, which has rules about how you can use, develop, and protect your land and buildings.

The rules are there to ensure we sustainably manage our district’s resources, providing for the needs of our community while managing the effects of our activities.

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No, I think for me it’s more about my mental heath, and just having the silence to filter my own thoughts about how things are. It’s easy to get an inflated view of yourself from touring constantly, so a bit of time alone is good for you.

You’ve got several big inter-national tours lined up over the next year – where are you most excited about going?

I am really excited about going to Denmark and Norway. I have been to the Baltic States before, but never that part of Europe. Honestly, though, I’m not really a traveller, I don’t like travelling that much. But it is quite a luxury to be able to.

So how would you define your musical style? Would you say your new album was classic country?

No, not at all. I guess I would call myself a singer-songwriter with a bit less of the songwriter, but identifying a genre is actually a really difficult thing to do.

When you’ve got such a classic style, creating something that is uniquely different and your own must be difficult. How do you do that?

I guess the best way is to not think about the genre at all. It’s pretty obvious I have grown up with that style of music, so it will

permeate through the songs I write and covers I perform. But it’s a thing that happens naturally, and I think the more you think about the harder it would be to be natural.

Country music in general, and what I’ve heard so far of yours, seems to be cheerful on the surface, but pretty dark underneath – do you think that’s fair?

Yeah, I do. I love mixing up the sweet and sour for sure, that’s probably my biggest trick. I guess as a singer songwriter you coat awful things in sugar, and the sweet, fluffy bunnies in the awful, because if you mix it up that way it’s what makes it interesting.

Do you have a favourite New

Zealand artist?That’s a difficult question, it

would be hard to choose one. I watched the Taite Music awards on the live stream from Mel-bourne, and I think they showed it was a really fantastic year for quality independent music in New Zealand. I’m really happy Jacob won the Taite, I think he deserves it, but it could honestly have gone to anyone on that bill, they were all fantastic. So I’m really excited about future of New Zealand mu-sic right now.

Do you have a favourite song at the moment?

There’s a song called Here Comes the Miner by Laura Jean, who’s coming on tour with me around New Zealand. She’s from Sydney

but lives in Melbourne. Her album was my favourite of the year, and this one was my favourite track on the album.

You mentioned you enjoy relaxing with a bit of TV. Do you have a favourite show?

I’m a cartoon guy, and my fa-vourite is The Life & Times of Tim. It’s the classic premise of a New York lower level office worker who gets himself in ridiculous, stupid situations. It really is the best TV show on earth.

Tell me about what growing up in Lyttelton was like?

It was very relaxed. There was a lot of heading down to the local basketball courts or playing with friends. It was a very classic, easy, small town way to grow up, there were limited things to do but we had a lot of fun doing it. It’s a won-derful, close, fostering community.

And it’s developing a very strong reputation musically.

Yes. I cut my teeth playing at the Porthole and Wunderbar there.

When I first started playing prop-erly in bars I was probably not yet 18, but it was a really strong thing there. There’s a really great foster-ing theme there, and there has been for some time now.

When did you decide your goal was to make it as a musician?

Well, I never really had much choice, I don’t think. I was never much good at anything else at school, so I sort of just fell into it. It came from my unwillingness to do any proper work at school, I guess, I had a sort of lazy confi-dence that I would make my way making music.

What school did you go to?That’s a very Christchurch ques-

tion. I went to Boys’ High.Do you have a lot of family or

friends still living in Lyttelton?My dad’s in Christchurch now,

so he’s moved to the wrong side of the tunnel, but I’ve got no shortage of friends still in Lyttelton. I find it more stressful every time I go home because I am spread more and more thinly.

Do you think you might ever come back to Christchurch to live?

I think it’s highly likely I will before too long. I want to see a bit more of the world first, but if I ever have kids it’s where I would want to raise them.

revisit rootsMarlon Williams is booked to play one Christchurch show as part of his national tour, on June 27 from 8-11pm at the Isaac Theatre Royal. Tickets or more information can be found on his website, www.marlonwilliams.co.nz.

IN CONCERT: Marlon Willams performing at the Band Together concert in Christchurch in 2010, alongside his girlfriend Aldous Harding.


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Members and wives of the Ferrymead Sumner Mens’ Probus Club enjoyed an interesting outing to Erewhon Station and its Clydesdale stud farm. The wagon ride was a highlight.

Over the last couple of years, the club has vis-ited the Patao Pig Farm and Hurunui Village, Ashburton, Lake Hood and a robotic dairy farm near Mayfield. Within the Christchurch area mem-bers have visited the St Asaph St police station, Kilmarnock Enterprises, the GIB factory and the Ferrymead Tramway His-torical Society. Bad weather resulted in the cancellation of a trip to the Mt John Observatory near Lake Tekapo.

The club of 80 members meets on the fourth Thursday of every month at the Redcliffs Bowling Club where they are addressed by a variety of entertaining speakers. The emphasis is on fun, friendship and fellowship. Anybody interested will be welcome. Phone Bryan on 326 3048 or Paul on 384 0512.

TIME FOR A RIDE: Ferrymead Sumner Men’s Probus Club president Paul Marsh at Erewhon Station.

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Two dates for your diary, both key annual events for the trust.

Saturday, May 9 the annual Heathcote River clean-up

Different groups are allocated parts of the Heathcote River to clean up the litter.

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BY BEN MACK

A Mt Pleasant pottery group has found a new home at the former Phillipstown School.

Mt Pleasant Pottery Club presi-dent Shona Clarkson said she is excited the 55-year-old club will be able to use classroom seven at the Phillipstown Community Hub as its new home for pottery classes, work-shops, and more.

“The facilities will be fantastic,” she said.

Classes began at the club’s new home on April 20. Before then, the

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Ms Clarkson added the club hosts a club day each Tuesday from 12.30-3pm.

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There has been a dramatic drop in the number of people using the New Brighton Pier.

Visitor numbers to the pier are down 36 per cent.

In March 2014 there were 12,575 visitors to the pier and in March 2015 there were 8043.

The numbers were down in January also as 14,966 people visited the pier compared to 19,340 in 2014.

Burwood-Pegasus Community Board member Tim Sintes said he was not worried about the dip in numbers but was curious as to why they had dropped away.

“We had about 8000 over March which was a bit down on the same time last year. I wouldn’t blame the fishermen or anything else at this stage, how-ever.

“We are still getting a lot of people to the pier, just not the numbers we’ve got previously. Each month has been down since Christmas compared to last year. It is quite strange really because we had lots of events on week after week and I thought it would pick up”.

He said the difficulty of driv-ing to New Brighton could have a part to play.

Pages Rd is closed to traffic heading from the city to New

Brighton with lengthy detours in place and Mr Sintes said New Brighton and Wainoni Rds were not the easiest to navigate.

Local businesses had not seen the low visitor numbers on the pier effecting their trade either.

Salt on the Pier owner John Ktenidis said he was aware the numbers were down but it had no affect on trading at the res-taurant.

“I’ve had a chat to Tim Sintes about it and it’s surprising. We

had a really good summer and I can’t answer why people aren’t on the pier. It hasn’t affected the first three months of trade”.

Pierside Cafe duty manager Anukishan Kaki said he had noticed a small drop in numbers coming into the cafe but said that could be down to the long weekends taking people out of the city and the colder weather.

He expected visitor numbers to pick back up after winter.

New Brighton Business and Landowners Association man-ager Paul Zaanen said it was a mystery to him also but was not worried by the figures.

“I was quite surprised by this. I haven’t heard of any businesses having a downturn either. I’m not privy to everyone’s turnover but I haven’t heard of any down trading”.

DROPPING: Since Christmas, visitor numbers to the New Brighton Pier have fallen away. Inset: Paul Zaanen PHOTO:GEOFF SLOAN

Pier visitor numbers decline

BY KYLE KNOWLES

Earthquakes and higher green fees have been blamed for put-ting the Rawhiti golf course at risk of being closed.

The course professional of 21 years, Lynne-Marie Shaskey, who retired on Thursday, said the quakes and green fees were the main reasons the city council-owned course has struggled financially in recent years.

The city council is consid-

ering closing the course in September in a bid to save ratepayers $200,000 a year.

The idea has caused outrage in the eastern suburbs.

The Rawhiti Golf Club has taken over the running of the pro-shop and will oversee the collection of green fees in a bid to get the course back on track financially.

Green fees for 18 holes on the weekend are currently $25 which have increased from $15 in 2012. The city council has

also proposed another increase to $27.80. Mid-week green fees are $20.

As a consequence this has seen the course make a net loss every year for the last five years, including a loss of $189,908 in 2014.

“Mostly the earthquakes (have been the cause), the biggest thing to do with it is the exodus of 10,000 people from the area. Golf worldwide is on a decline and I don’t know whether it’s people’s

time or the extra bit of money for recreation not being there especially since the earthquakes,” Ms Shaskey said.

“I think the price has also had an effect. The city council keep putting the price up and that’s a bit expensive I think, $25 on the weekend is a bit dare.”

Ms Shaskey retired from the role on Thursday and the Rawhiti Golf Club has taken over the collection of green fees at the course.

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A Mt Pleasant boy was among 30 future swim stars that gathered in Auckland over Anzac Weekend as part of this year’s Jetstar Super Swim Squad camp.

Oliver Aikawa, 10, was se-lected to attend the camp, all expenses paid, after he won his OceanKids 200m race in the State La Grande Ocean Swim in February.

The swimmers all aged between six to 10-years-old, were selected from all over the country after qualifying in the five OceanKids events at the nationwide series.

They spent the weekend training with State New Zealand Ocean Swim Series winners Nathan Capp and Charlotte Webby.

They were joined by elite swimmers Kane Radford and Emma Robinson and swim coach Rick Wells.

Oliver said he enjoyed the three-day camp.

“The open water session was a lot of fun and a good challenge. I also loved get-ting the coaching from the elite swimmers.”

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He said the company was proud to be backing New Zealand’s young swim stars and their families.

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“The kids were amazing and it was great to be part of an initiative that really does help, not only in grow-ing their skills, but also their confidence. I wish there had been a swimming camp like this when I was their age.”

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CHALLENGE: Oliver Aikawa (middle) gets some swimming tips from elite swimmers Emma Robinson and Kane Rad-ford at a junior swim camp recently.

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Another season is done and dusted, there were some highs, some lows, even a bit of fun along the way.

After an amazing awards night now is the time for reflection, self-analysis and quiet excitement for the start of a new season not too far away.

For the people behind the scenes, we do what we do for the love of the sport, no thanks can ever repay the time and effort, but it is appre-ciated by everybody on the field, so thank you.

Winning the two-day trophy is a massive achievement, something for the club to be proud of for its efforts, it was won by not one play-er, but a team. A young team with much more to offer in the season’s ahead.

The start of the season we were given the draw of playing Hals-well and Heathcote in the first two matches. With very few pre-season matches it was straight into battle. In our first match against Halswell we had two major batting collapses. Batting in his first innings for Sum-ner, it was Johnny Beverages score

of 79 which saved our first innings, then a captain’s knock from Bren-don Wellington of 81no enabled us to set them a target which gave us our first outright victory.

Next game was against Heath-cote, a tight battle on the first day had us with two wickets in hand and still short of a first innings tar-get at the end of the day.

It required some rain and a early finish to allow Leigh Percasky to come into the game and put us in a winning position. His score of 17 not out batting at number 11 was just the medicine we needed take

our second outright victory.These first two matches gave us

hope that some big things were to come our way this season. We had many close games in the one-day competition with many good per-formances from the team,

Tom Gooday taking his chances at the top of the order scored 84 against Addington. Marcus Thompson showing his youthful side taking 5-18 off nine overs.

In a massive team effort against Richmond we scored 324/6, with Ben Yock making 117 and Michael

Bevin scoring 80. This was our highest score of the season and one of the highest one-day scores the club has had.

We were so close to further glory when we reached the semi-finals for the one-day trophy. We had Merivale-Papanui 110-8 but they finished their innings at 241.

Michael Newton-Vesty scored his maiden 50 for the senior team against New Brighton. Dan Vann scored 91 not out against Southern Districts to give us another outright victory, this innings was a highlight package of shots and no bowler was spared his wrath.

To every player who was part of the senior side, it was a pleasure to have you alongside me this season. I have enjoyed playing cricket this season and cannot wait until next season.

I hope that you can be proud of the achievements we have made this season, we now have a trophy to defend. We are no longer just a team that sits in the middle of the competition.

We are now one of the sides to beat, but we have some work to do. Batting consistency is one big area, needing more people to stand up and not give their wickets away.

The Sumner Cricket Club had a successful season winning the two-day title for the first time in 10 years. Senior men’s captain Brendon Wellington reflects on his side’s success

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It has been a great month in the surf.

Since Cyclone Pam, the swell has remained consis-tent with fun, north swells alternating with huge south swells pushing up the coast.

The water temperature was quite mild until mid-April when the first big southerly of the year hit and the water took a dive to about 14 deg C.

It should gradually drop about one deg C per week this month, so its time to change the wax, dust off the booties and psyche up for those frosty morning surfs.

The Pam swell has moved a lot of sand around, and the banks on all the local beach-es have changed, mainly for the better so we’re well set up for some great winter waves.

The contest scene has been busy. The South Island surf champs were in Dunedin over Easter Weekend.

Being a Surfing New Zea-land-rated event it attracted some of New Zealand’s top

surfers. Local surfers held their own against a tough field. Max Marshall (Sum-ner) won the under-20s for his first national level win and made it to the semi-fi-nals in the open.

Luca Brunotti (Sumner) also was an open semi final-ist. Neill Robb placed third in the masters event.

The Go Pro Canterbury Surf Champs also attracted a nationally-rated field.

For years the South Island has missed out on national-rated events but this year we have two of the five events on the Surfing New Zealand pro series.

This has been a great advantage for our local surfers to compete on their home turf against the best in the country. Harrison Whiteside (Redcliffs) has been performing well both locally and up north and now leads the national under-20 ratings with two events to go.

The surfing at the Canter-bury champs was incredible. Day one was held in difficult but fun conditions at New Brighton and then the event moved to Taylors Mistake for the finals day.

The surf was a challenging 1m to 1.2m, it was great to see New Zealand’s best rip-

ping it up on our best local break.

Maz Quinn (Gisborne) was exceptional and is defi-nitely surfing at a level equal to the best in the world. He won the open final convinc-ingly with a 15.63 total heat score.

Our local surfers per-formed well also. Luca Brun-otti was once again in the semis of the open and un-lucky not to make the final.

Whiteside placed third in the juniors but was unlucky not to score higher.

Ben Rees (ex Sumner) won the senior title. Ambrose Mc-Neill (Sumner) put in a good battle for the longboard title but had to settle for runner up after Zen Wallis (Piha) scored the winning wave in the dying minute.

Mark Robberds (Sumner) was a dual finalist placing fourth in longboard and third in the grand masters. Neil Robb (Sumner) was third in the masters event.

May, in my opinion, is the best month for surfing in New Zealand. Consistent swell, combine with good winds, less crowds and rela-tively mild temperatures to create quality waves every where. Get out and make the most of it before winter re-ally kicks in.

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Land settlements for IFVEQC has started offering customers a settlement for land more likely to flood as a result of the Canterbury earthquakes.It is the first insurer in the world to provide cover for this type of land damage, known as increased flooding vulnerability (IFV), and EQC began telling the first customers whether their land is eligible in March. About 9,600 customers will be contacted and their claims settled throughout 2015.Extensive flood modelling and aerial ground scanning, supplemented by thousands of site assessments, is being used to confirm the IFV status of each property.

Settlement packs will include an engineering report and a valuation report where applicable, and EQC will also be calling each customer to resolve any questions.Customers may request a review of the decision at any time, and can provide additional information to support the review.EQC is continuing to work through an approach to settling claims for land damage known as increased liquefaction vulnerability (ILV). The timeframe for completing this work is yet to be confirmed.

For more information, visit www.eqc.govt.nz

Deadline for managed repair – 1 June 2015As the Earthquake Commission nears the completion of its Canterbury Home Repair Programme (CHRP), it needs to know exactly how many repairs are left so it can commit adequate resources to the programme.For this reason, EQC must identify those customers who wish to be in CHRP. To get clarity, the organisation has set a deadline to close the CHRP to all new customers/repairs from Monday, 1 June 2015.From this time on, no further customers will be accepted into CHRP, unless they have a prior agreement with EQR or EQC. This means previously cash-settled customers will no longer be able to opt in to CHRP after this date.Those customers whose repairs are already underway do not need to do anything – your repairs will be completed as scheduled. If you are an existing CHRP customer yet to have a start date confirmed for your managed repair, we want to help you make a decision.

EQC will be contacting our remaining CHRP customers to discuss their particular circumstances and concerns in order to reach a decision on the best settlement option available for them under the Earthquake Commission Act 1993.Many customers in this group are in dispute with EQC or are still awaiting a decision on whether their claim is over cap. Some people will be frustrated at delayed repairs. EQC will be contacting customers in these groups soon.CHRP customers, impacted by potentially having Increased Flooding Vulnerability (IFV) land damage, will be treated separately so they are not affected by the 1 June deadline.EQC General Manager Customer and Claims, Gail Kettle, says with only a few thousand repairs left, EQC is able to have one-on-one discussions towards resolution.“There are options available under the Act, so it’s a matter of working with each

remaining customer to find the right one for them. We know one size doesn’t fit all, so we want to try to find the best fit for each customer.“If customers prefer, they can seek help through the independent Residential Advisory Service or support agencies answering post-quake questions at the In the Know Hub when it opens from 20 April to June at Eastgate Mall.”After EQC has tried to contact customers, if they have not decided or cannot be contacted by 1 June 2015, EQC will assume they do not wish to be repaired and may move to cash settlement – one option available under the Act.

“We want to try to find the best fit for each customer.” EQC is also offering a no-obligation scope of the works needed for each home. The scoping will give you an idea of the repair strategies and costs, without committing you to a managed repair.

If you are still unsure, call us to discuss your circumstances on 0800 DAMAGE (0800 326 243).

If you prefer support from an independent agency:

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Canterbury Home Repair Programme (CHRP) customers will soon start receiving invoices for the excess payments on their building repairs.EQC has already recovered excess from more than 140,000 customers whose claims have been cash-settled.Customer and Claims General Manager Gail Kettle says excess amounts for nearly 70,000 CHRP customers will be calculated throughout 2015.“We estimate most invoices will be between $200 and $600, but not everyone will have excess to pay.”Customers will have three months to pay their excess, with flexible payments terms available.Before customers receive their invoices, they will be sent an information pack about excess. EQC will also be calling vulnerable customers again, as well as those with excess of more than $600, after they receive their invoices, to answer any questions.Recovered excess is invested in the Natural Disaster Fund to be used for future natural disasters covered by EQC.

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The Sumner Running Club has had a successful start to the winter season.

They competed in the Lionel Fox relays at Woodend Beach Domain over the weekend with the masters men’s team winning their division.

They had a winning margin of over 4min. Team members David Fitch and Marty Lukes were first and second overall with Nathan Jones fifth and Al Cory-wright 13th.

Not to be outdone the women’s masters team also finished second. The team was made up of Kather-ine Fitch, Cate Jones, Ann Wells and Jan Harrison.

The club also had some notable performances at the recent Hagley Memorial relays with three run-ners winning their section.

Lisa Brignull won the women’s masters section, brothers Sam Clark and Aaron Clarke won the grade 11 boys and grade 10 boys respectively.

Sumner also had four other po-dium finishes at the event.

In the grade 15 girls Marisol Hunter finished second, as did Jess Fahey in the grade 16 women.

Coming in third just behind Jess was her twin sister Meg rounding off a successful day for Sumner’s individual runners.

The grade 11/12 team of Beth Hunter, Ella Ballantyne, Mitchell Kane and Sam Clark also finished third.

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WINNER: Sumner’s Lisa Brignull who won the women’s masters section at the Hagley Memorial relays recently.

HARD WORK: Mitchell Kane putting in the final last strides in the grade-11/12 relay.

HANDOVER: Cate Jones finishing her part in the masters women’s team relay, passing over to Jan Harrison. They finished second.

Bays’ Mainland Premier League side were undone by a late goal for the second week in a row on Saturday.

Last week a 90min goal saw them lose 1-0 to bottom of table Christchurch United.

Bays dominated the game but were unable to convert any of their numerous chances.

Then on Saturday Bays went ahead 1-0 in the 30th minute through a goal to James Deehan and again dominated the match but an fortunate penalty to Univer-sity gave them a draw 1-1.

Michael White who equalled a club record for most goals in one game re-cently could not find the back of the net in either match.

Bays remain fourth on the table and they get a week off

this week with a bye in the Chatham Cup round.

The women’s social division two side, the Oil Paintings, had their first win recently against Hornby.

A slick overall display, fo-cusing on general fitness and ball movement, saw the Oil Paintings comfortably beat their opposition 2-1.

Sandy Austin-Fraser el-egantly chipped the keeper for a 1-0 lead and the Oil Paintings secured the win with a second goal later in the match.

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Bays upset by late goalsON THE BALL: Ferrymead Bays’ Michael White runs at a University defender in their 1-1 draw at the weekend.

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WALKING DOWN the supermar-ket cereal aisle can be confronting, as advertising bombards you from every box.

Bright colours mingle with en-ticing pictures and competitions, each cereal shouting “pick me!”

The sweet flavours and colour-ful packaging on many are almost irresistible to children, but what they don’t necessarily provide is a healthy meal – in spite of what they promise.

“High in calcium,” one says.“Wholegrains you can see,” ad-

vertises another.But in truth, most of the cere-

als will simply provide kids with a short-term sugar rush, followed by an energy crash and demands for more food.

This creates a bit of a battle-ground for those doing the shop-ping, nutritionist Lea Stening said.

“You’re budgeting, and you need

to decide whether or not the cereal you buy is going to be eaten. Eve-ryone in the family wants a differ-ent cereal, the kids like the bright, colourful packaging, and you have to decide.”

But while rainbow-coloured fruit loops, Nutri-Grain or cocoa pops might be a popular, they’re really not going to provide what your family needs, Ms Stening (right) said.

“Breakfast is really im-portant to get right, espe-cially for kids. It all comes down to a balancing act – it’s re-ally important to have protein at breakfast, so perhaps a slice of cheese, egg or yoghurt to make it last longer.”

About 10 per cent of Kiwi chil-

dren and teenagers don’t eat break-fast regularly. Eating breakfast is associated with a healthy body weight and better nutrient intake- kids are more likely to be hungry mid-morning and snack on un-healthy foods if they skip breakfast.

Skipping breakfast can also have a nega-tive impact on cogni-tive function, academic performance, school at-tendance and mood.

But most of the 51 cereals surveyed by Consumer NZ were not

deemed a “good breakfast.”It looked at a range of cereals

marketed to children, and also in-cluded cereals commonly eaten by children, such as wheat biscuits and porridge, to see how they com-

pared.At the end of the survey just six

had earned the tick of approval: Harraways Oats Singles, Harra-ways Rolled Oats, Home Brand Wheat Biscuits, Pams Wheat Biskits, Sanitarium Weet-Bix and Signature Range Wheat Biscuits.

Every single other cereal was giv-en an “orange light” or “red light” rating for sugar content (including Kellogg’s Mini Wheats Blackcur-rant, which just missed earning a tick with its 15.9 per cent sugar content.)

Many were more than a third sugar. Kellogg’s Frosties, which earned the dubious distinction of highest sugar content, had 41.3g of sugar per 100g. That’s more than three teaspoons of sugar in every 30g serving.

Kellogg’s Chocolate Hazel-nut Krave was the only children’s breakfast cereal with a “red light” on its saturated fat content – with 6.3g of fat per 100g.

A few cereals also earned a Con-sumer NZ “red light” for high so-dium (the “baddie” in salt) – with 660mg of sodium per 100g, or more.

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Grams of sugar for every 100g• Kellogg’s Frosties, 41.3g• Hubbards Big Bugs ‘n’ Mud, 38.1g• Budget Cocoa Puffs, 38g• Home Brand Cocoa Puffs, 38g• Kellogg’s Froot Loops, 38g• Home Brand Honey Poppas, 37.7g• Pams Honey Snaps, 37.7g• Kellogg’s Coco Pops, 36.5g• Hubbards Honey Bumbles, 35.4g• Select Honey Nut Corn Flakes, 34.5g• Kellogg’s Coco Pops O’s, 33.4g• Hubbards Thank Goodness

Gluten Free Cocoa Puffs, 32.7g• Kellogg’s Coco Pops Chex, 32.1g• Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain, 32g• Kellogg’s Nutri-Grain Honey Flavoured Crunch, 32g• Nestle Nesquick, 29.6g• Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes, 28.7g• Kellogg’s Chocolate Hazel-nut Krave, 28.4g• Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut Clus-ters, 28.3g• Nestle Milo Duo, 28.2g• Nestle Milo, 27.3g• Kellogg’s Sultana Bran Buds, 25.1g (including fruit sugar)• Nestle Milo Crunchy Bites, 24.2g

• Sanitarium Honey Puffs, 24.4g• Freedom Foods TropicO’s, 24g• Kellogg’s Crispix Honey, 24g• Harraways Oats Singles Honey & Golden Syrup, 23.7g• Uncle Tobys Oats Multigrain Creamy Honey Quick Sachets, 22.9g• Sanitarium Weet-Bix Bites Wild Berry, 22.2g• Uncle Tobys Honey Cheeri-os, 19.9g• Sanitarium Weet-Bix Bites Rough Crumble, 19.5g• Freedom Foods Ultra Rice Maple Crunch, 15g

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They were Home Brand Corn Flakes (660mg), Home Brand Rice Pops (650mg), Hub-bards Cornflakes (600mg), Kellogg’s Corn Flakes (725mg), Pams Corn Flakes (680mg), Pams Rice Snaps (780mg) and Sanitarium Ri-cies (695mg).

But the sodium levels have been improved since Heart-SAFE developed best prac-tice guidelines for reducing breakfast cereal sodium lev-els in 2010, with 10 cereals from the survey reducing their sodium content since then.

None of the children’s ce-reals that Consumer NZ surveyed earned a perfect green-light record across the fat, saturated fat, sugar and sodium ratings.

But if you’re looking for a good breakfast, you can’t go wrong with a simple bowl of porridge, wheat biscuits or corn flakes, Ms Stening said.

“They’re also very inex-pensive. You need something with low fat and sugar, which is also high in fibre. Parents can also do a lot by not hav-ing salt or sugar at the table. If you’re having breakfast

and adding in maple syrup, a sprinkle of sugar, sweetened yoghurts and honeys you have to factor in that extra sugar too.”

So how do you encourage a child to eat unsweetened wheat biscuits and milk, in-stead of their favourite hon-ey puffs?

Being a role model is a big factor, said Ms Stening.

“The kids will follow your example. They also want to be strong on the football field, do well academically, and if they know the right food will help they’ll likely be encouraged to eat it.”

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Over the past four years, the care staff at Cholmondeley Children’s Centre have adjusted to a “new normal”. Operating out of temporary

accommodation, they continue to provide the same valuable service for Canterbury’s children in need.

Now, with the opening of a purpose built facility not far away, the focus is on the future, and on the development of an organisation with the strength and resilience to stand on its own two feet – much like the qualities it grows in the children who visit.

Since 1925 our community has had Cholmondeley Children’s Centre to step in during times of crisis, providing respite care for children when there is distress within the family, whether due to illness, a disaster, or other family stresses.

“We know that Cholmondeley provides a service which is quite unique, and that our operating model is really working for our community,” General Manager Shane Murdoch explains.

“Cholmondeley’s focus is on the child, and helping that child build an increased level of resilience which makes a difference when they return to their family. Children feel strengthened from their experience, going home recharged and in a better place. Other barriers are broken down for the families. The change in the child strengthens the parents, and the whole family or whanau,” says Shane.

Shane explains that in a usual way of working, there is a focus on the adults making changes within families to increase the level of wellbeing.

“We turn this around and start at the other end, focusing on the child, which provides space for the adults to make their changes. This makes Cholmondeley stand out, both in how we operate and in the results we are

experiencing,” he says.The service is locally managed, and primarily funded by

the community, with only a 30% reliance on government funding. This means that decisions can be made based on the best interest of the child before the need becomes too great. However, like the children it supports, it is vulnerable.

“We know that to survive in this environment, we need to be extremely smart in how we generate our funding,” says Shane. “Our long term relationships with both individuals and groups who support us is becoming very strategic, and it is incumbent on us to demonstrate that funding Cholmondeley is an investment in our community, not simply a donation.”

“Many of our donors come from the communities where problems exist and we do have some significant issues, particularly in Christchurch at the moment which is reflected in the increase in demand over recent years. Cholmondeley has recently completed a comprehensive independent evaluation of its services and outcomes. Interviews were held with children, families and whanau, referrers and other agencies to determine what the service is achieving. The research discovered common themes around resilience building, and the immediate release of tension that a break at Cholmondeley provides to the family system.

“This research is just the beginning for us, helping to answer the question of what would happen in our community if Cholmondeley disappeared. We know that children go into care when families disintegrate, communities suffer, and that children who have been in the care system are disproportionally represented in the justice system. Now we can start building up useful data, which will demonstrate Cholmondeley’s impact on the

outcomes for the child, family and the community into the long term”.

Cholmondeley’s new purpose built facility will open later this winter, and with it, a strengthened organisation with a clear mandate to support children and their families and whanau into the future.

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Stress: it makes your heart race, your head pound and your stom-ach churn.

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“Stress can seem unavoidable. Work demands, family obligations and financial pressures all contrib-ute to our stress levels,” says psy-chologist Dr Ruth Kenzelmann, “but there are steps you can take to derail stress as it’s happening, and prevent it from interfering with your health and quality of life.”

Kenzelmann suggests some things you can do “in-the-moment” when you’re feeling stressed:

Take three deep breathsDeep breathing can really help

reduce stress symptoms or prepare for a situation that you know will be stressful, like a meeting with your boss. Be conscious of letting your belly expand and contract as you breathe. Roll your shoulders and rotate your neck gently, too.

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habit and can even reduce your productivity. If you’re feeling stressed or know a stressful day is coming, schedule a short walk or bike ride, have lunch in a park, visit the gym or take a break with a co-worker at a local coffee shop. Write it into your schedule.

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pret events as they unfold can turn the dial up or down on your stress.

When faced with a stressful day, allow yourself to take a moment to find the good: what makes you lucky to be there?

What are you enjoying right now? Take a few moments to savour what’s good about your situation.

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Value relationshipsPositive connections with other

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Doing this little “mental check-in” with yourself can increase positivity almost as effectively as doing regular meditation.

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People who have the opportu-nity to act on their strengths and do what they do best every day are far more likely to be resilient and energised. Take time to clearly understand your own strengths, and then make sure you have ways to use them in your daily life.

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They are an iconic part of Sumner’s community, and a destination for Christchurch citizens for breakfast and brunch in particular. The

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FOODFeijoas: On the tongue and in your face‘LET food be your medicine,” said Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine. Am I right in thinking there is a resurgence in the inter-est in feijoas?

Just lately it seems every food (and many non-food) conversa-tions include feijoas.

For example, a friend is swear-ing by her sliced feijoa face mask.

Leave it on for 10 minutes and feel the difference. Well, feijoas are rich in antioxidants, vitamin C, minerals and fibre so maybe this natural beauty aid could be promoted as a “superfood” facial!

And last night someone asked me what wine they should serve with poached feijoa ice cream. Smell the fruit then smell a gewurztraminer.

The aromas are so similar that

it’s really a match made in heaven. One advantage over their rival

kiwifruit is that feijoas can be enjoyed fresh or cooked.

Kiwifruit tend to lose their vibrancy when cooked.

Feijoas are ready to eat when slightly soft.

The centre section of the freshly cut fruit should be clear and jelly-like.

If the centre is hard and white it is unripe.

If it is brown and translucent it is past its prime.

To prevent the cut fruit from oxidising (going brown) I use vi-tamin C powder that I purchased from the local healthfood shop.

A little goes a long way. One quarter of a teaspoon in

three to four tablespoons of water is enough to prevent at least 500 grams of cut fruit from discolour-ing.

If necessary, the fruit can be drained before use. Lemon juice is another option, but for me, vitamin C powder is a necessary pantry staple.

Firm feijoas should be stored at room temperature to ripen. Once soft, keep them in the refrigerator.

Because the skin is tart it is not usually eaten although unpeeled feijoas are great in jams or pickles.

with GLENYS WOOLLARD

If you have a food questionemail Glenys [email protected]

Q A&DO YOU HAVE A RECIPE FORZUCCHINI SOUP?Saute 250g chopped onion in25g butter, then add 250gpeeled and diced potatofollowed by 500g roughly-chopped zucchini.

Stir-fry a fewminutesmore, then add 1 tsp saltand 2 cups chicken stock.Cover and cook 20minutesor until vegetables aretender, stir in 1 cupmilk andblend until smooth. Addmore salt if necessary plusfreshly ground black pepperand 1 tbsp chopped freshherbs, such as parsley,chives and thyme. Reheatgently, sprinklingindividual serves withgrated cheddar.

WHY DO SO MANY DISHES CALLFOR AN ONION COOKED INBUTTER BEFORE THE MAINCOOKING?

For flavour. Some recipessuggest cooking untiltender but not brown,others go on until the

onions are golden orcaramelised. Either way it’sworth it if you enjoy tastyfood. You can cut theamount of fat used bycovering the pot while youronion cooks— the lidcollects moisture thatwould normally evaporate,and by returning this to theonion, it avoids burning.

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‘‘Whenharvested, theywerekeptexclusively forthe Incakings.

WHOwould havethought that thehumble spudwasonce regarded asboth a food and a

fashion accessory fit for royalty?Native to South America,potatoes were first cultivated bythe Incas about 200BC. The jewelin the crownwas the Peruvianpurple potato— royally purpleinside and out.When harvested,theywere kept exclusively forthe Inca kings.And in 18th-century France,

Marie Antoinette made aWorldofWearable Art-type fashionstatement by parading aroundthe countryside wearing potatoblossoms on her expensivedresses.Whenmost of us think of

packet ‘‘chips’’ we tend to thinkof fatty, salty occasional treats.But I was recently pleasantly

surprised to discover amoreishrange of proper chips— 100 percent natural, gluten-free, GMO-free and hand-cooked in high-oleic sunflower oil. Ned andMina Smith, the expatriateAmerican couple who run thefamily-style Proper Crispsoperation in Nelson, brandedtheir delights ‘‘crisps’’ todistinguish them frommass-produced ‘‘chips’’. And they are

different. I just love themcrushed and sprinkled overicecream. The rapport between

the salty tang of the chips andthe sweetness of the icecream isa taste treat.The potato is certainly

common and a staple worldwide.They are cheap, hardy and easyto grow, and are high in starch,protein and vitamins. They arealso versatile.We all love thetraditional potato favourites butthis week I’m serving upsomething funky— potatoeswith icecream, in chocolatetruffles, with squid and in agluten-free pastry.

RECIPESTOFFEE&POTATOCRISPSVANILLAICECREAMProper Crisps are delicate.Perfect for coating icecream.

4 large scoops French vanillaicecream1 large cup Proper Crisps inMarlborough Sea Salt, lightlycrushed1/2 cup long thread coconut,lightly toasted4meringue nests, optionalToffee: 1/2 cup sugar1/2 cupwater

Refreeze the scoops oficecream.When hard, roll in thecrushed crisps and coconut.Freeze, until ready to serve.

Tomake the toffee, placesugar and water in a large,microwave-proof glass bowl.Microwave on high for 2minutes.

Stir to dissolve sugar.Continuemicrowaving for 3-4minutes until liquid is lightgolden. Remove— the toffeewill continue to colour onstanding.

Remove icecream fromfreezer. Place inmeringuenests, if using. Drizzle withtoffee. Serve immediately.

Serves 4.

CHOCOLATE POTATOTRUFFLESThemashed potatomust befree of seasonings, cream andbutter. It should also be verywell mashed and have asmooth consistency.

1 cup dark chocolate chips1/2 cup cold cookedmashedpotatoes1/2 tsp vanilla essence4-5 pieces crystallised gingerDark cocoa powder for dusting

Place chocolate chips in amicrowave-proof bowl. Melt on50 per cent power for about 2minutes. When completelymelted, stir intomashed potatovery well.Add vanilla essence and stir wellagain. Themixture should besmooth. Chill for 30minutes.

Cut ginger into thirds orquarters. Take a tablespoon ofpotatomixture and roll around apiece of ginger.

Repeat with remainingmixture. Place on a plate anddust with dark cocoa powder.Roll into small balls. Dust withcocoa. Refrigerate until firm.

Can be stored in fridge for upto one week.

Makes 16.

POTATO&SQUIDSALADThis is based on a PetaMathias recipe that shewill bedemonstrating at theChristchurch Food Show, April4-6.

400gwaxy potatoes4 eggs, free-range/organic, ifpossible1 large shallot4 tbsp olive oil1-2 tsp diced or crushed chilli100g squid rings8 pitted black olives8 anchovies, oil retained2 tbspwhite-wine vinegarFlaky sea saltFreshly ground black pepperto taste

Peel potatoes. Place in cold,lightly salted water. Bring toboil. Simmer, until cooked.Don’t overcook. Slice thickly.

Meanwhile, place eggs incold water. Bring to boil.Simmer for 5-6minutes. Cool,then peel and quarter. Sliceshallot and place in icy water tocrisp.

Heat a little of the olive oil in afrying pan. Add diced chilli.

Saute squid rings for about 2minutes, until just cooked.Combine with potatoes, shallot,eggs, olives and anchovies in abowl.

Make a dressing usingremaining olive oil, a little oilfrom the anchovies and vinegar.Season. Drizzle over salad.

Serves 8 as a starter.

GLUTEN-FREEPOTATOPASTRY450g cookedwarmmashedpotato100g butter, chopped1 & 1/4 cups rice flour1/2 cup cornflour1 tsp salt1 egg, lightly beaten

Place warmmashed potato andbutter in a large bowl andmixwell. Add rice flour, cornflour,salt and egg. Mix well. Use yourhand tomix it, if easier. Wrapthe dough in a plastic bag. Setaside for 30minutes to rest.Roll out to about 1cm thicknessor thinner. Great for pie pastryor for sausage rolls.

Makes 800g.

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with GLENYS WOOLLARD

If you have a food question emailGlenys [email protected].

Q A&What is a cronut?Akind of croissant/doughnut hybrid, based ona butter-rich croissantdough that’s been shapedlike a ring doughnut, deep-fried, tossed in sugar, filledwith cream or custard thenglazed. Apparently

invented by NewYork chefDominique Ansel in 2013,the originals have beentrademarked. But thathasn’t stopped copycatcronuts from having a shortbut sweet popularityworldwide. Astronomicalcalorie count, far toomuchsaturated fat and amega-dose of sugar: so bad they’rebound to be good.

Can I make rice milk at home?Yes. It’s considerablycheaper than store-boughtbut won’t be fortified withextra vitamins. Put 1 cup offreshly-cooked rice (eg,short grain or brown rice) ina blender, add 4 cups hotwater and 1/2 teaspoonvanilla essence (optional).Process for 5minutes oruntil very smooth then letstand for 30minutes beforecarefully pouring the liquid(but not the sediment) into afresh container. Or, strainthemixture throughcheesecloth. Store in therefrigerator and use withinthree days.

Feijoas:On the tongue and in your face

‘LETfood be yourmedicine,” saidHippocrates, thefather ofWesternmedicine.

Am I right in thinking there isa resurgence in the interest infeijoas?Just lately it seems every

food (andmany non-food)conversations include feijoas.For example, a friend is

swearing by her sliced feijoafacemask.Leave it on for 10minutes and

feel the difference.Well, feijoasare rich in antioxidants, vitaminC, minerals and fibre somaybethis natural beauty aid could bepromoted as a “superfood”facial!And last night someone

askedmewhat wine they shouldserve with poached feijoaicecream. Smell the fruit thensmell a gewurztraminer.The aromas are so similar

that it’s really amatchmade inheaven.One advantage over their

rival kiwifruit is that feijoas canbe enjoyed fresh or cooked.Kiwifruit tend to lose their

vibrancywhen cooked.Feijoas are ready to eat when

slightly soft.The centre section of the

freshly cut fruit should be clearand jelly-like.If the centre is hard andwhite

it is unripe.If it is brown and translucent

it is past its prime.To prevent the cut fruit from

oxidising (going brown) I usevitamin C powder that Ipurchased from the local health-food shop.A little goes a longway.One quarter of a teaspoon in

three to four tablespoons ofwater is enough to prevent at

least 500 grams of cut fruit fromdiscolouring.If necessary, the fruit can be

drained before use. Lemon juiceis another option, but for me,vitamin C powder is a necessarypantry staple.Firm feijoas should be stored

at room temperature to ripen.Once soft, keep them in therefrigerator.Because the skin is tart it is

not usually eaten althoughunpeeled feijoas are great injams or pickles.

RECIPES

FEIJOAKASAUNDAIAn Indian-style chutney. For atamer preserve use half theamount of chilli powder.

1/2 cup canola oil1 tbsp turmeric2 tbsp each: ground cumin,chilli powder125g root ginger, peeled andchopped12 large cloves garlic, chopped1 & 1/4 cupswhite vinegar1kg feijoas, topped and tailedbut skin left on1 cup sugar2 tbspmustard seeds1 tbsp salt

Heat the oil in a large saucepan.Add the turmeric, cumin andchilli powder and fry untilfragrant.

Place the ginger, garlic,vinegar and feijoas into a foodprocessor or blender andmix,until smooth. Add to theturmericmixture together withthe sugar, mustard seeds andsalt. Cook over low heat, stirringoccasionally until the oil floatson top, about 30minutes. Stiroccasionally.

Pour into hot sterilised jarsand seal. A thin layer of oil canbe poured on top to help keepthe contents airtight prior tosealing. —Makes 6 cups

FEIJOACINNAMONCAKETopping: 2 tsp groundcinnamon1/2 cup each: choppedwalnuts, brown sugar50g butterCake: 1 & 1/2 cups plain flour2 tsp baking powder1 tsp baking soda3/4 cup sugar125g butter, chopped2 eggs1/2 cupmilk1 tsp vanilla essence4medium feijoas, peeled,diced

Preheat the oven to 180C. Line a20cm square cake pan withbaking paper.

To prepare the topping, putall ingredients in a processorand blend until the nuts arefinely chopped. Set aside.

To prepare the cake, place allthe ingredients— except the

feijoas— into a processor in theorder listed. Blend until themixture is well combined.

Fold in the feijoas. Spoon intothe prepared cake pan. Sprinklethe topping over the batter.Bake for 35-40minutes, untilthe cake is golden-brown andcomes away from the sides.

Great served warmwithcream or Feijoa Passion.

—Serves 8

FEIJOAPASSIONThe lemon juice can bereplacedwith 1/8 teaspoonvitamin C powder combinedwith 1 tablespoon of water.

300ml cream2 tbsp icing sugar4 feijoas1-2 tbsp lemon juice1/2 cup passionfruit pulp8meringues, halved

Whip the cream and icing sugar,until thick.

Peel and dice the feijoas andcombine with the lemon juice.Fold into the whipped creamtogether with half thepassionfruit pulp and themeringues. Pile into a serving

dish and drizzle with theremaining passionfruit. Chill.

Can prepare up to 2 hoursbefore serving. —Serves 6-8

FABULOUS FEIJOAS&PORK1mediumonion, sliced2 tbsp canola oil4 tbsp flour3-4 tsp curry powdersalt and pepper to taste500g lean diced pork4 large feijoas, peeled andsliced3/4 cup sweet white wine ororange juice

Preheat the oven to 180C.Heat the oil in a heavy frying

pan and brown the onion. Placein a casserole.

Put flour, curry powder, saltand pepper in a plastic bag. Addthe pork and shake to coat.Press the drymixture into thepork well. Brown themeat in theremaining oil. Add to thecasserole with the feijoas andwine or orange juice.

Cover and cook in the ovenfor 1 & 1/2 hours. Great withbaked kumara. —Serves 4

FEIJOA KASAUNDAI An Indian-style chutney. For a tamer preserve use half the amount of chilli powder.

½ cup canola oil 1 tbsp turmeric 2 tbsp each: ground cumin, chilli powder 125g root ginger, peeled and chopped 12 large cloves garlic, chopped 1 & ¼ cups white vinegar 1kg feijoas, topped and tailed but skin left on 1 cup sugar 2 tbsp mustard seeds 1 tbsp salt Heat the oil in a large sauce-

pan. Add the turmeric, cumin and chilli powder and fry until fragrant.

Place the ginger, garlic, vinegar and feijoas into a food proces-sor or blender and mix, until smooth. Add to the turmeric mixture together with the sugar, mustard seeds and salt. Cook over low heat, stirring occasion-ally until the oil floats on top, about 30 minutes. Stir occasion-ally.

Pour into hot sterilised jars and seal. A thin layer of oil can be poured on top to help keep the contents airtight prior to sealing.

—Makes 6 cups

FEIJOA CINNAMON CAKE

Topping: 2 tsp ground cinna-mon ½ cup each: chopped walnuts, brown sugar 50g butter Cake: 1 & 1/2 cups plain flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda ¾ cup sugar 125g butter, chopped 2 eggs ½ cup milk 1 tsp vanilla essence 4 medium feijoas, peeled, diced

Preheat the oven to 180 deg C.

Line a 20cm square cake pan with baking paper.

To prepare the topping, put all ingredients in a processor and blend until the nuts are finely chopped. Set aside.

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Fold in the feijoas. Spoon into the prepared cake pan. Sprinkle the topping over the batter. Bake for 35-40 minutes, until the cake is golden-brown and comes away from the sides. Great served warm with cream or Feijoa Pas-sion. —Serves 8

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My introduction to Hyundai’s new Sonata was spectacular.

It was at Palmerston North’s Manfeild motorsport complex and I was seated next to Kiwi rally ace Hayden Paddon.

Paddon is serving his coun-try proud in the World Rally Championship with consistent top-10 performances, he drives a Hyundai i20 rally car and is heav-ily supported by Hyundai New Zealand.

As a consequence, he was on hand at the Sonata launch event and was providing hot laps on the Manfeild circuit. Well, when I say on the circuit, quite clearly Paddon likes the dirt, with all the traction and stability control sys-tems switched off he was happy throwing the Sonata sideways, drifting and sliding into the infield and forcing the Sonata to do manoeuvres I’m sure it was never designed for.

But it accepted the challenge well, there was never a point where I thought complete control would be lost, and the car was none the worse for wear after its exploits.

The new Sonata lands here in

three variants and, interestingly, a new turbocharged petrol engine makes an appearance, it sits along-side a 2.4-litre petrol engine which is available in two spec levels.

On the launch event I experi-enced both engines; however, the subject of this evaluation is the 2-litre turbo, and it is another one of those new-age engines which effectively combines performance with economy.

Hyundai rates the twin-cam-shaft, 16-valve unit with 180kW along with 350Nm of torque avail-able all of the way from 1400rpm to 4000rpm, these figures combine to provide exceptional perfor-mance for what could be deemed to be a mainstream sedan. It is also listed with a 9.2-litre per 100km (31mpg) combined cycle fuel usage average.

The trip computer constantly listed an 8.2l/100km (34mpg) average during my time with the test car along with a 6.3l/100km (45mpg) instantaneous readout at 100km/h, the engine turning over very relaxed at just 1750rpm.

The engine drives through a traditional six-speed automatic gearbox and, quite obviously, Hyundai has done a lot of work to refine the combination, shifts are smooth while mechanical opera-tion is quiet.

Performance is crisp, the Sonata turbo will whisk through a stand-still to 100km/h time of 7.8sec and will complete a 120km/h from 80km/h highway overtake in 4.2sec.

The launch experience proved to serve how capable the Sonata is at speed, it is close to being

branded a sports sedan, bar for its appointments which also place it in the outer periphery of the luxury car market.

Yet at $55,990 it is positioned in the marketplace where it will lure large car buyers, and with the range starting at $45,990 (2.4-litre), it is tempting with its high specification levels and level of refinement.

The turbo model gets a raft of specification, major items of note include leather trim with heated and cooled front seats, heated rear seats, satellite navigation, electric front seat adjustment, and pano-ramic roof.

On the road, the Sonata glides across the road surface. Although the turbocharged model gets spe-cial suspension tuning, Hyundai hasn’t fallen into the trap of overly

firming the Sonata, it is soft yet the complexity of the fully inde-pendent suspension means ruts and bumps are absorbed without shock, body movement in a cor-ner isn’t excessive.

The complexity of the suspen-sion has benefits in all areas, the Sonata handles nicely along with affording a ride which pampers the occupants. It is a big car and for those onboard space is plenti-ful and the seats cocooning.

There’s no doubt I’m smitten with turbocharged engines. The modern method of manufacture isn’t driven by a need for power; yes, the Sonata turbo is quick but it’s not full-on boost, the rush of power comes in moderately and that is enough to give the driver freedom and satisfaction when a lunge is requested.

There is a fine balance between forced fuel delivery and economy, but it’s fair to say that Hyundai has ticked that box, the combination is perfect.

Price: Hyundai sonata Elite Ltd, $55,990.

Dimensions: Length,4855mm; width, 1865mm; height, 1475mm.

Configuration: Four-cylinder transverse, front-wheel-drive, 1998cc, 180kW, 350nm, six-speed automatic.

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