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Fire brigade movesto another homeBY TOM DOUDNEY

Lyttelton firefighters have a new base for the next two years – but it’s just another temporary fix until a permanent station is built.

The volunteer brigade’s base on London St was demolished after being damaged in the Feb-ruary 2011 earthquake and they have spent the last four years operating out of temporary premises on the site.

They have now moved to the former Mitchell Bros trans-port and storage building on Norwich Quay and will remain there until their new station is completed, probably in 2017.

Chief fire officer Mark Buck-ley said it was a bit of a relief to move into the Norwich Quay building after four years operat-ing out of a shelter between two 40ft containers and a portable building on the old site.

“It’s good because it is all under one roof,” he said.

“It has given us a little bit more area for training and that sort of thing and given us more security for our equipment and gear.”

The brigade had had four $1500 radios stolen out of their vehicles within a year of the earthquake and Mr Buckley said they were lucky they hadn’t had any similar issues since then.

When completed, the new

station will include a vehicle bay with room for two appliances, up to date health and safety equipment and an upgraded training and social area.

In the meantime, Mr Buckley had a request for people driving along Norwich Quay.

“If people can just keep an eye out when they are travelling along Norwich Quay, as they might come across the fire en-gine trying to exit the station.”

The brigade currently had 24 firefighters and Mr Buckley said they were “always looking for

more.” •Anyone interested in volun-

teering, especially those who lived and worked in Lyttelton, could email [email protected] or stop by for a visit dur-ing training, at 7pm on Thurs-day nights.

HOME SWEET HOME: Lyttelton chief fire officer Mark Buckley says the brigade is glad to have a new base for the next two years. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN

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BY GABRIELLE STUARTTraps are being put out for rats, stoats and possums which are threatening native birds in Sumner.

Rats have been spotted around the rocks on the promenade, while residents have reported seeing a stoat in the valley.

Marnie Kent, of the Sumner Environment Group, said native birds, including bellbirds, fantails and wood pidgeons, seemed to be multiplying in the area.

She was concerned pests could endanger the birds.

“If you don’t keep on top of pest trapping they breed so fast, it could become a real problem.”

The warm weather had length-ened the breeding season this year and could have contributed to the numbers in the area, she said.

Several residents have reported sightings of the pests to the city council, and rangers plan to put bait out for the pests in Sumner next week.

The Sumner Environment Group is trying to raise funds to buy sev-eral of its own pest traps, which it could lend out to residents.

Volunteers will also be needed to help monitor the traps.

People can also report any pests seen to the city council online, through service centres or through 0800 800 169.

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SPOTTED: Rats have been reported in greater numbers in Sumner this year.

PROTECTED: Environmental groups are worried about the impact of pests on native birds.

BY BRIDGET RUTHERFORD

A Woolston Library budget cut could be good news for Red-cliffs, with nearly half a million dollars now earmarked for the Redcliffs Voluntary Library rebuild.

Originally, $1.6 million was set aside for the rebuild of the once-popular Woolston Library by the city council.

But now only $1.25 million is set aside.

The $400,000 will be used to rebuild the Redcliffs Voluntary Library, which was damaged in the February 2011 earthquake and later demolished.

Hagley-Ferrymead Commu-nity Board chairwoman Sara

Templeton raised the issue at the Long Term Plan submis-sions hearing last week.

She said the board understood the $400,000 had been taken to go towards the Redcliffs Volun-tary Library rebuild but did not know why it had been taken from the Woolston project.

“We’re very keen to have the best facility available for Woolston, but to do that we need a decent budget.”

The money the city council had decided to put towards Redcliffs Voluntary Library had not been put in the budget, and staff had to look elsewhere for it,

she said.“But for it to come

off another facil-ity in a lower socio-economic area that desperately needs community facilities is not alright.”

She said there was no date set on when

the Woolston Library rebuild would take place, but it would not be for another three or four years.

The board had continually asked the city council why that funding was taken from this particular project, and had not received an answer, she said.

“It’s really disappointing that funding should be cut for that facility.”

The Woolston Library build-ing was badly damaged in the earthquakes and demolished shortly after the February 2011 earthquake.

It has been operating out of the Woolston Scout Hall on Glenroy St since, but has struggled to fit in the small room and had less people visiting.

A transitional project includ-ing a small temporary library and green space will go on the former site with construction starting in June.

Mayor Lianne Dalziel took note of the board’s concerns.

“I think you’ve raised a large number of issues that we’ll have to go through obviously in detail.”

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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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Find out if your property will be affected by what is being considered in stage two of the Proposed Christchurch Replacement District Plan.

You can view the plan online at proposeddistrictplan.ccc.govt.nz and hard copies are available for viewing at Council service centres and libraries.

Make a submissionWe welcome your feedback on the proposed plan – in the form of a submission. Tell us whether you support or oppose the proposed plan; which parts you are referring to and what you would like to see if you don’t agree with our proposals.

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“Help us save the jetty” will be the message heard by city coun-cillors tonight, when the Gover-nors Bay Jetty Restoration Trust presents its submission to the draft long-term plan at a public hearing.

Anyone who wants to support the jetty restoration is encour-aged to attend.

The trust’s submission pro-poses community partnering to restore the jetty, with the city council allocating funds in the long-term plan and the trust fundraising.

As well as money, the trust hopes to work with the city council on practical issues such as design, engineering, surveying, consents, logistics, project man-agement, and generally getting the job done.

Many people in the commu-nity have offered help and sup-port, including money, materials, equipment, services, and time.

The trust was set up after a public meeting in February, where the city council acknowl-edged no funds had been allo-cated to repair the jetty.

Governors Bay jetty is remark-able in its length – 300m into the bay – and the over-water experi-ence surrounded by the hills of Lyttelton Harbour.

It’s a unique place to walk and enjoy the sea and landscape, as well as being a swimming plat-form, picnic venue, fishing spot, and place to moor small water-craft.

This recreational facility is

much-loved by locals and tour-ists alike, but was cordoned off in 2011 when a post-earthquake inspection deemed it unsafe.

A city council-commissioned report gives an estimated repair cost of $3.1 million.

“We’ve had a huge amount of community support” says trust board member Phil Jackson.

“We’ve got more than 750 signatures on our petition to save the jetty, letters of support from Governors Bay School and Cholmondley children’s home,

plus many offers of donations and help.

“The jetty is the icon of Gov-ernors Bay, like the Esplanade is for Sumner. Letting it rot into the sea is unthinkable. With the city council’s help, we can save it. It has been there for almost 150 years. It can be there for at least another 150 more.

“We’re still setting up our fun-draising strategy, and are waiting for the city council’s decision before launching it. We’ve had so much support and so many ideas,

we can’t wait to get started. Local businesses SHE Cafe and the Governors Bay Hotel have pledged their help to raise funds.

“They know from experience what an asset the jetty is to the bay.”

• For more information on the Governors Bay Jetty Restora-tion Trust and to read the trust’s submission, go to www.savethe-jetty.org. • The public hearing is at the city council office in Hereford St, 7.30pm tonight.

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SUPPORT: Governors Bay Jetty Restoration Trust will present its submission to the city council on plans to restore the jetty.

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An idea to turn unused bus stops near The Tannery into coach and taxi stands has been rejected.

City council traffic engineer Stephen Hughes said changing the stops on Garlands Rd would be dangerous.

The Hagley-Ferrymead Commu-nity Board has accepted Mr Hughes’ recommendation and turned down the idea.

In November, The Tannery made a deputation to the community board about using the decommissioned bus stops as coach and taxi stands since the routes had been changed.

But Mr Hughes recommended “the Tannery be encouraged to provide taxi and coach parking facilities in their off-road car park if they believe there is sufficient demand”.

Mr Hughes said the bus stop on the southern side of the road sat next to a cycle lane, and previously buses stopped for short periods of time hav-ing minimal effect on cyclists.

“However, if this decommissioned bus stop was changed to long-term coach or taxi parking, as they would occupy the space for long periods of time, the cycle lane in this dangerous part of Garlands Rd would be denied to cyclists.”

Board chairwoman Sara Templeton said Mr Hughes’ report was very clear and the board agreed with his assess-ment.

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What is your role in Christchurch sport?

I’m in an office with two others and we run secondary school sport for Canterbury and the West Coast region, including Kaikoura High and Ashburton – partners who can choose to go with us or not. We go across to Mt Hutt and then over to the West Coast who we offer a service to and they are part of our region so they can come over and participate in our events. We also go over there to run events and coach and do sport development so they don’t miss out. We also run the coun-try schools up in Amuri, Oxford and Hurunui.

That is a lot of ground to cover then?

Yeah there are about 56 schools including all those small schools.

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weekly netball competition we have, just got entries for that with 166 teams being entered. Much of our role is a co-ordination one rather than covering that wide area.

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This is my 11th year. I started in 2004, it’s been a long time.

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organising those for the students. We work with the coaching advisors at Sport Canterbury and have the CoachForce regional organisations which have

coaches in those sports which we use in schools. That’s really good to see as they are our future sports stars.

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sports and working with the other people including the venues and city council people and facilities and stadium people. I guess we’re all on the same page trying to provide a sporting opportunity for those kids and also the schools themselves. There is so much choice for students and that is pretty awesome we have anything from archery to surfing.

Do you play sport yourself?I play basketball twice a week. I play for

a Chinese club which plays on a Sunday and I play a supposedly social mixed competition on a Tuesday but it is never really a social game. I play tennis in the summer as well as touch rugby and I like to mountain bike a bit and go to the gym, a bit of everything really and a bit of golf too. It is nice to be involved in sport after work

Did you play sport growing up?Yes, I grew up born and bred in Ash-

burton and always played at school. I guess I grew up in a family that played a lot of sport. Then I went to university in Dunedin and continued to play there and then I started working but always tried to play something to keep active.

Did you ever play for any representative sides?

No I didn’t. I play for the love of the game and the fun and being in a team and being with friends.

You also play a big part in the New Zealand Chinese Association don’t you?

Yes. That’s right. I’ve been on a few of the tournament organising committees that organise a big sports tournament

which happens every four years and can be from 300 to 500 people from all around New Zealand. That’s been going the last 63 years. It goes around Dunedin, Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington and it is a great way of fostering sporting cultural side of things for the Chinese community. This year, Canterbury won the open women’s title at the tournament in Dunedin. That must be a good feeling for you being able to help organise such an event?

Yes it is and I try to use some of my knowledge around the region with the city council and other associations which I can tap into and use and make an event run smoothly.

You said you were from Ashburton? Tell me a bit more about your roots.

Yes, I was born there and attended Ash-burton College. My grandparents came here in 1929. They came from Guang-zhou, China and we have been here ever since.

What did you do before joining School Sport Canterbury?

I worked at the city council in the events and promotions area and then I went overseas on a typical OE for 18 months where I was based in Edinburgh, Scotland, and worked for the local council over there too. It was a good chance to travel and good to get to a lot of sporting tournaments including Wimbledon and Roland Garros then going to the US Open too.

Wow so you have been to all of the tennis grand slams?

Yes I have been to all of them includ-ing Roland Garros twice and I have been

to Melbourne for the Australian Open four times. I have also been to the British Open when Tiger Woods played at St Andrews when he was world No 1. I also did a year over in Canada. It was really good to experience the other side of the world.

What is your favourite sporting event you have been to?

Wimbledon, that’s pretty different and is very traditional. Lining up at 5am to get the first tube to the Wimbledon and then lining up again for tickets at 6am in the morning is special. The time I went, I missed out on getting a seated ticket by five people but I still got in and it was awesome.

What is something you would like to go to?

I would love to go the Rugby World Cup this year in the United Kingdom, but that’s just a dream. I went to the World Cup when it was in the UK 1999. I went to Murrayfield to watch the All Blacks play Scotland. It is always cool to go to All Blacks games in different countries.

After being so well travelled, you must have a favourite destination?

One would have to be a trip to South Africa. I did a safari two years ago and that was mind-blowing and I would love to go back.

What do you like to do away from work and sport?

I enjoy catching up with friends and family and going to cafes and restaurants, hanging with friends, a bit of cooking; photography and travelling and experiencing different cultures and countries.

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They collected rubbish, then sorted it into piles of recyclable and non-recyclable, natural and

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Water in most Banks Peninsula streams with consented surface wa-ter takes is already over-allocated under proposed minimum flow recommendations.

An Environment Canterbury re-port prepared for yesterday’s Banks Peninsula Water Management Zone Committee said that “every stream with a consented take on the penin-sula, except for the Okuti and Little Akaloa Stream, is over-allocated.”

The report was referring to minimum flow limits in the zone’s Wairewa Zone Implementation

Programme which are recommend-ed but not yet enforced.

The low flows were “a result of not having a fixed water alloca-tion framework and also poor information on what normal flows are in these streams,” the report said.

There are currently 28 active sur-face water take consents on Banks Peninsula. Of these, 11 consents are for small scale community water takes and do not have a minimum flow attached to their consents.

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tached to the consents.The report also blames “extreme

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Invertebrate health grades in 16 out of the 25 monitored streams where data has been recorded for at least five years were either poor or very poor. The previous summer, only nine streams were in this cat-egory.

On a more positive note, there was an increase in the quality of stream habitats, suggesting better stock exclusion and general water-way maintenance.

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Gidday everyoneThe last column I wrote was

during the snow fall last month. This month we are enjoying very mild weather. I know it is not going to last so am making the most of it.

I hope all the mums had a lovely Mother’s Day. My son and daughter spoilt me big time and I loved every minute of it.

Our new committee starts at the beginning of July. I remain as secretary of the club but we have a new president. Bob Bur-nett lives with his wife Wendy in Heathcote. Bob has been a mem-ber of the Lions Club of Lyttelton since 1970 and has held many positions in that time. In his spare time Bob goes sailing on the harbour and has a keen inter-est in anything with four wheels.

We were all saddened to hear of the earthquake in Nepal. It is heartening to see so much mon-ey being sent there from New Zealand – generous Kiwis dig-ging deep again. Our club will be contributing through Lions International who have already sent $US100,000 to the Lions in Nepal. The local Lions jumped into action there as soon as the earthquake hit and all clubs in NZ will be supporting them.

New Zealand Lions Clubs sent $18,000 to Vanuatu after the cy-clone there and our district con-tributed $6200 of that amount. This is Lions worldwide in ac-tion.

The Lions of Spain held a golf tournament recently and raised $US75,000 which went to the LCIF Measles initiative. Lions are right at the front in the fight against measles. We are fortu-nate in New Zealand to be on top of the problem but in a lot of poor countries children are still dying from this disease.

Congratulations to Kaiapoi and District Lions Club on the completion of their earthquake recovery project – a Mouse House at Trousselot Park. Great fun for Kaiapoi kids.

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“Though there are three maraes sharing this land, we are all united and proud to be supporting the future of our tamariki, through this fantastic early learning facility,” Mr Pitama said.

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Kidsfirst Board chair Carolyne Grant spoke of Kidsfirst’s 100-year history before inviting the Prime

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“To see the Prime Minister planting the tree for us in the gar-den, and all our whānau gathered around to celebrate this building and what it means for Diamond Harbour now, and for future gen-erations, was just wonderful,” said Ms Wilson.

“We are right here in the heart of the community on a primary school site, with a purpose-built, carbon neutral building for the re-gion’s youngest learners. This new facility represents all that Kidsfirst stands for.”

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GRASSROOTS SPORT

Ferrymead Bays club captain, Neil Murphy, provides an update on how the club’s teams are going.

In the juniors there has been a focus on what has been happen-ing off the field, rather than on it in recent weeks. The Kanga Cup team is working hard towards their Australian visit to Canberra in July.

They have been doing lots of fundraising, including run-ning barbecues, shovelling bark, sponsored walks and hosting the annual quiz night at the Speight’s Ale House, Fer-rymead.

These players make up the bulk of the Falcons and the Sharks teams in the 13th grade divisions two and three respectively.

The Falcons are going very well, topping the table in divi-sion 2 and while results haven’t gone the way of the Sharks so far, they’re getting stronger as a team with each game.

The ladies side, the Oil Paintings, have been working hard in practice and games and steadily improving with every game.

There really is a huge differ-ence now with how many of the girls are playing in comparison to earlier in the season.

They have had two good wins so far but were brought down to earth with an old-fashioned thrashing by top-of-the-table Burnham at the weekend.

The Mainland Premier League team bucked their re-cent form on Saturday, and in-stead of conceding an equaliser in the final minute of a game, they scored one themselves against Nelson Suburbs.

Bays had the lion’s share of the play throughout the game at Barnett Park on Saturday and were unfortunate to concede against the run of play just before the hour mark.

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the final minute.The Bays next two league

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In between those two games they have a Chatham Cup game against Richmond at Barnett Park on May 30, after having a bye in the first round of the competition.

Oil Paintings produce resultsSHOOT: Alison Evans, playing for the Oil Paintings, muscles her way down field against Waimak United.

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John Morrish, of Lincoln, has been awarded the New Zealand Badminton administrator of the year, the first Cantabrian to do so.

The Badminton Canterbury board chairman was presented the award at a function in Auck-land during the Sky City Open held recently.

He said he was chuffed to get the award after leading the or-ganisation through some tough times and getting badminton back on track in Canterbury.

“Canterbury Badminton has been in the doldrums the last 10 years and I came back on to the board last year. It has been go-ing downhill for 10 years so we employed Selwyn Maister to do a review and he identified the problems we had.

“So we developed a new strategic plan last year and to implement it we needed to do a restructure. Our general manager was stuck in the office and not getting around the schools promoting the sport. We changed that role and employed a coaching and

development manager.”Overseeing this new direction

for the sport in Canterbury is what Mr Morrish was awarded the prize for and said it was good recognition for the changes which had happened in Canterbury.

He said they had to take some drastic steps to get there and the sport is now back on course and has seen growth in the region for the first time in a long time.

He was nominated for the award by Badminton Canter-bury and was up against other administrators from around New Zealand.

The Lincoln farmer is also the club captain of the Lincoln Badminton Club where he has been in the role for more than 30 years.

He still plays the game him-self and was able to enjoy some of the world-class badminton on show at the Sky City Open.

BIG WIN: Badminton Canter-bury board chairman John Mor-rish with the trophy he won for New Zealand Badminton’s administrator of the year. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN

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Codes have mixed start to seasonSenior sports teams in the Bay Har-bour News area have had a mixed start to their respective seasons with the hockey sides leading from the front.

Carlton Redcliffs men’s side has had the most impressive start sit-ting on top of hockey’s Canterbury Premier League after four rounds.

After starting with a 2- all draw against High School Old Boys-Burnside in the first round the men’s side has gone on a three match winning streak which in-cluded the 10-0 demolition of Hornby on Saturday.

Silas Dalley and Dom Newman both scored hat-tricks in the rout.

In their other two wins they ac-counted for Southern United 5-2 and University 3-2.

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They had a 4-1 win over Marist on Saturday and have beaten Horn-by 3-0 and Avon 4-1 to begin the season.

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Watching the watchers On Facebook, there is a page for everything, including pointing out where the cops are setting up shop. Andrew Voerman reports

THERE’S AN old mantra amongst media types that if it bleeds, it leads.

Burglaries, car crashes, kidnap-pings and murders.

Those are the types of stories that catch the eye, so editors and reporters love it when they can splash them large across the front page.

Sometimes they can be cracking yarns, while sometimes they draw the public’s ire, attracting criticism that newspapers only care about shocking their readers, leaving their ethics and morals at the door, as they head out chasing police cars and ambulances.

As it seems to be with all things, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle.

But there’s an outlet subscribed to by more than 20,000 people that makes the mainstream media’s interest in crime look relatively pedestrian.

The “Christchurch Police Check Points” group on Facebook.

Its purpose is simple – to be a clearing house for information on where the police have set up checkpoints, be they for something as mundane as checking licences and registrations, or for something as important as testing for alcohol.

To most people, you would think, it’s a premise that prompts an obvious question: Why does

anybody care?If you’ve been drinking, or if

your licence, registration or WOF has expired, or if there’s something visibly wrong and dangerous with your car, shouldn’t you be staying off the roads, and not needing to know where the cops are in order to avoid them?

The answer it would seem, is not yes, but no.

“When ever you see or hear that

their is a police check point, post on the page to let everyone know!” im-plores the group’s description, and so the people of Christchurch do.

All quotations from the group in this article have been taken verba-tim, and all spelling and grammar errors are in the original.

Here is an exchange typical of the page, from April 13.

“Sitting in side of road in woo-dend.”

“How can you be sitting ‘inside’ of a road? I think physics would disagree with you.”

“Looks like an autocorrect. Only the dumbest wouldn’t realise.”

Posts like this make up the bulk of the group’s content – someone sees a cop car, and lets the masses know, often prompting a flurry of mostly infantile banter, and expos-ing a vile undercurrent of hatred towards the boys in blue.

Sometimes, posts include pictures, but they are often blurry, and usually taken from so far away that it takes a good 10 seconds before you realise what you’re looking at, usually a police car of some sort.

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USEFUL OR MENACE: The “Christchurch Police Check Points” group on Facebook was set up with the prem-ise of informing the public about police checkpoints but many posts take a definite anti-police stance.

If you’ve been drinking, or if your licence, registration or WOF has expired . . . shouldn’t you be staying off the roads, and not needing to know where the cops are in order to avoid them?

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•From page 24And it’s not just checkpoints

they post about – the group has ex-panded to become a pin-up board on which to post any snippet about any police activity.

On April 18, at half-past mid-night, one such post read:

“Any idea what’s happening in Hornby, police with dogs running round Gilberthorpes Road.”

“Alcohol Teenagers = Trouble there’s your answer,” read one reply, which was about as clear as things got.

In a sign of how big the group has become, the comments on that post also appeared to reunite two old friends.

A David posted a flippant reply, about “getting amongst it” on a Fri-day night, and a mate replied, ask-

ing first if he was in Christchurch, and then whereabouts exactly, tracking him down to Rangiora, or “Rangoone,” as he described it.

Posts like these have prompted a crackdown of sorts – a new page, “Christchurch News”, has been established, but has less than 300 members after more than a month, suggesting the all-encompassing nature of the checkpoints page is here to stay.

Then of course, there are the blunders.

On April 19, a post read:“Does anyone know whats go-

ing on at the airport? Ambos, fire trucks and emergency helicopters? All cordoned off?”

It turned out to be an open day.Then on May 7, a post went up

which read: “3 Big black helicop-

ter’s flying around Christichurch. Does anyone know anything about this.”

Black helicopters, of course, are a common feature in conspiracy theories from all around the world, be they regarding 9/11 or the New World Order.

In this case, it was the final flight of the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s Iroquois.

But the best one came on April 7, when someone asked: “What’s with all the cops at rylock dyers rd?”

It was John Key, opening a new factory.

But while their group now con-sists mostly of banter and gossip, the original intent of its denizens was a noble one, or so they think.

“Revinue.gathering.stops.now,” reads the page’s URL, in a succinct summation of their world view.

In the world these people live in, the police are out to make money rather than to uphold the law, and it is this aim that drives everything they do, including setting up check-points.

And it’s not just that they’re “greedy, money-chasing pigs”, but it’s that there are other crimes they could be focusing on instead.

As one poster wrote:“Is it just perception but the

police seem to put significant more resources into issuing tickets rather than solving burglaries. Mine you solving burglaries returns no rev-enue. I fear the crime rates in some areas (like) burglary are dropping

as people can’t be bothered report-ing then as they think nothing will be done.”

Commentators will regularly chime in to remonstrate with those who appear eager to avoid check-points, condemning drink driving in particular, but those threads then tend to devolve into nonsensi-cal back-and-forth bickering.

And of course, the vast majority

of the 20,000 members are bystand-ers, there to catch a glimpse of how the crazy work, to have a laugh, and to shake their heads in dismay.

But there is a dedicated core of active members who clearly hate the police, and everything they do.

If you take them to be angels, crusading against the evils of rev-enue gathering, then it figures that the central police station is their Satan.

Which means that being there to see it blow up is a must.

The demolition of the old central police station was given the go-ahead last November, and in the absence of any official information, rumours about the day of reckon-ing were allowed to fester, with this group being a fertile breeding ground.

The first date given was in mid-April, prompting one member to post:

“Any 1 know wat time da pig station gets bombed ds weekend pls lol?

“Can’t miss that c*** being bombed lol.”

And while he was quickly cor-rected, more dates continued to pop up and be shot down, until earlier this week, when it was con-firmed for May 30.

Curiously, that piece of news doesn’t seem to have been posted to the group yet.

But it will be soon enough, and when it is, the members will surely rejoice.

WHAT’S THE STORY?: When a post appeared on the page asking what all the police activity was at Rylock, Dyers Rd, recently, it turned out to be the Prime Minister, John Key, opening the new factory.

UNDERCURRENT: The pending demolition of the earthquake-dam-aged former Christchurch central police station was fertile ground for expressing police hatred.

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

Q A&What is coconut sugar, and howdo I use it?Aka coconut palm sugar,coconut sugar is made fromsap produced after cuttingflower buds on the coconutpalm. Don’t expect it to

taste like coconut; it’s morelike a dark brown sugar andcan be used in the sameways: in cooking, tosweeten tea and coffee, oras a sprinkle on cereal.Coconut sugar has gainedpopularity as a health food,but it’s best to ignoreextravagant claims andtreat it like any other sugar.

Should a tablespoon measure15ml or 20ml?In New Zealand, Britain,North America, Europe andmost other places, it’s 15mlor 3 teaspoons. Australia isan exception, with ametrictablespoon theremeasuring20ml or 4 teaspoons (or 2dessertspoons, which is notan official measure here).Checkwhen buying a set ofmeasuring spoons from thesupermarket that they’renot Australianmeasurements. And notethat modern spoonmeasurements, unlike thosein old cookbooks, should betaken level rather thanrounded or heaped.

Eggs are all they’re cracked up to beH

EALTHprofessionalsare adamant weshouldn’t leave homewithout it — breakfast

that is— but still many of us do.So come 10:30, there is a terrificurge for something sweet— andfattening— to stave off thatdroopymid-morning feeling andup the energy levels.Ourmenus are really back to

front—most of us consume ourlargest dailymeal at night, a fewhours before bedtime.Dinner in themorningmight

be of more benefit.Just a simple, high-protein

egg for breakfast kick-startsyourmetabolism andwillprovide that full feeling forlonger.With sustained energy,one’s concentration and

performance is better all round.Besides being high in protein,

eggs contain 11 differentessential vitamins andmineralsand two antioxidants that helpmaintain healthy eyesight. Theydo not contain carbs or sugar.Best of all, eggs are quick to

prepare and are economical.Add a fresh egg to a smoothiewith banana and yoghurt. Hard-boil eggs the evening beforethenmash together with a littlemayo and chutney andmake atoasted sandwich.

Ever wondered about thatgreen/blue ring between theyolk and the white of a hard-boiled egg? It’s a sulphur andiron compound that is perfectlyokay to eat. It can be preventedby cooling the boiled eggsquickly by running under coldwater for a couple of minutesthen cooling completely in abowl of cold water.Don’t be too choosywhen it

comes to the colour of the shell.There is no difference in quality,flavour or nutritional value of

white or brown eggs. The colourvaries with the breed. Hens withwhite feathers and ear lobes laywhite eggs; hens with redfeathers and ear lobes lay browneggs. And the colour of the eggyolks depends entirely on thehen’s diet and again has no effecton the quality, flavour ornutritional value. Hens that arefed food containing yellow cornlay eggs withmedium yellowyolks. Those that eat wheat orbarley lay eggs with lightercoloured yolks.

RECIPES

CAPSICUM EGGSSimple as.

1 tbsp olive oil1/2 large red capsicum (cutthrough the middle)2 medium eggs2 tbsp chopped chives

Heat the oil in a large, non-stickfrying pan. Cut two 2cm roundsfrom the capsicum and place inthe pan. Break the eggs into thecentre of the capsicum circles.

Hold circles firmly in placeuntil eggs start to cook. Fry onlow heat, until cooked. Garnishwith chives. Great served ontoast. Serves 2.

TWO-MINUTE COFFEEMUG EGGSSpray oil2 medium eggsFreshly ground black pepperto taste1 tbsp chopped chives orspring onion, optional2 tbsp each: milk, finely gratedtasty cheese

Spray a coffeemug suitable forthemicrowave with oil.

Place the eggs, black pepper,chives andmilk into themug.Whisk until well combined.Place in themicrowave andcook on high power for 40seconds. Stir well. Continuecooking for another 30 seconds.Top with the cheese. Serves 1.

FIFTY-SECONDPOACHED EGGA quick fix.

1/4 cup water1 egg at room temperature1 split English muffin, toastedand buttered

Place the water in a smallmicrowave-friendly bowl. Breakthe egg into the water. Piercethe yolk with a toothpick orskewer to prevent the yolk fromexploding in themicrowave.

Cover andmicrowave on 50per cent power for 50-60seconds, depending on thewattage of yourmicrowave.

The egg will carry on cooking

while standing. If not quitecooked, spoon some of the hotwater over the top.

Lift out with a slotted spoonor fish slice on to the toastedmuffin. Serves 1.

SANDWICH PRESSOMELETTEUse 1 large egg if yoursandwich press is small.

Spray cooking oil2 medium eggsSalt and pepper to taste

Spray a sandwich press with oiland then heat.

Whisk the eggs, salt andpepper. Carefully pour over theentire base of the sandwichpress.

Close gently and cook for30-50 seconds. Roll up in acigar shape and eat. Serves 1.

FRUITY OVERNIGHTPANCAKESThey take a little more time toprepare but these delights

make an excellent weekendbreakfast or brunch.

1 cup each: plain flour,wholemeal flour1 tbsp baking powder1/2 cup raisins or driedcranberries1 cup milk2 eggs1 cup warm waterButter or canola oil forcooking1 cup yoghurt

Combine the flours, bakingpowder and raisins in a bowl.Beatmilk and eggs together.Stir into the flourmixture. Coverand refrigerate overnight. In themorning, add the warmwater,stirring well. Melt the butter in asmall, heavy, non-stick fryingpan. Add about a 1/4 cup of thebatter and swirl to cover. Cookuntil bubbles appear. Flip andcook the other side. Keep warmin a 150C oven. Repeat until allthemixture is used.

Serve with yoghurt and freshfruit, if preferred. Makes about10 pancakes.

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CAPSICUM EGGS Simple as. Serves 2

1 tbsp olive oil 1/2 large red capsicum (cut through the middle) 2 medium eggs 2 tbsp chopped chives

Heat the oil in a large, non-stick frying pan. Cut two 2cm rounds from the capsicum and place in the pan. Break the eggs into the centre of the capsicum circles.

Hold circles firmly in place un-til eggs start to cook. Fry on low heat, until cooked. Garnish with chives. Great served on toast.

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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, theywere keptexclusively forthe Inca kings.

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 & POTATOCRISPS VANILLAICECREAMProper 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 toasted4 meringue nests, optionalToffee: 1/2 cup sugar1/2 cup water

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 POTATOTRUFFLESThe mashed potato must befree of seasonings, cream andbutter. It should also be verywell mashed and have asmooth consistency.

1 cup dark chocolate chips1/2 cup cold cooked mashedpotatoes1/2 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 she will bedemonstrating at theChristchurch Food Show, April4-6.

400g waxy 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 tbsp white-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-FREEPOTATO PASTRY450g cooked warm mashedpotato100g 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.

FRUITY OVERNIGHT PANCAKES They take a little more time to prepare but these delights make an excellent weekend breakfast or brunch. Makes about 10

1 cup each: plain flour, wholemeal flour 1 tbsp baking powder 1/2 cup raisins or dried

cranberries 1 cup milk 2 eggs 1 cup warm water Butter or canola oil for cooking 1 cup yoghurt Combine the flours, baking powder and raisins in a bowl. Beat milk and eggs together. Stir into the flour mixture.

Cover and refrigerate overnight.

In the morning, add the warm water, stirring well. Melt the butter in a small, heavy, non-stick frying pan. Add about a 1/4 cup of the batter and swirl to cover. Cook until bubbles appear. Flip and cook the other side. Keep warm in a 150 deg C oven. Repeat until all the mixture is used.

Serve with yoghurt and fresh fruit, if preferred.

FIFTY-SECOND POACHED EGG A quick fix. Serves 1

1/4 cup water 1 egg at room tempera-ture 1 split English muffin, toasted and buttered

Place the water in a small microwave-friendly bowl. Break the egg into the water. Pierce the yolk with a toothpick or skewer to prevent the yolk from exploding in the microwave.

Cover and microwave on 50 per cent power for 50-60 seconds, depend-ing on the wattage of your microwave.

The egg will carry on cooking while standing. If not quite cooked, spoon some of the hot water over the top.

Lift out with a slotted spoon or fish slice on to the toasted muffin.

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All you need to do is pack a little

picnic, some drinks—nonalcoholic preferably—then set your car in a southeasterly direction through really pretty landscapes of farms and hills.

Your destination is only an hour away. It is the lighthouse at Cape Palliser that sits on a rock ledge towering over the sea and coun-tryside.

But the journey is more than

that stunning view, for along the way you can stop at the unique crayfishing village of Ngawi— complete with a tractor called Tinky Winky—and find yourself up close and personal with seals in a large colony just before the lighthouse.

In winter weather, the drive between major hills and cliffs is impressive; in summer, it is

breathtaking as brown rock and grass meet blue sky over deep green and the dark blue water of Palliser Bay.

The colours are rich and silently demand the car be stopped and cameras brought out. Oh, to spend a week here.

Ngawi is a delight. On the hills side of the road are pretty houses, while on the large pebbled beach is the working area. Large and little fishing vessels sit waiting on their trailers. Small and sizeable tractors sit, ready to push them into or out of the water.

It is an amazing array of equip-ment and, if you are fortunate, a boat will arrive to be hauled on to its trailer and towed up the beach. Take my word, it is well worth enjoying the spectacle and the ease with which such big bits of machinery are brought safely up the pebbles and put to bed. About 5km on from Ngawi, and not far from the now spectacular red and white lighthouse, is the North Island’s largest New Zealand fur seal colony.

Their odour isn’t the most pleasant, but these creatures are fantastic to watch as they swim, gaze around or just loll about on their rocks. You can get reasonably close for photographs—telephoto lens close, that is—but never get between a seal and the ocean and be mindful not to scare them.

When the waves crashing on the colony’s rocks are large you’ll see seals duck under the swells, much as humans do in breakers at the beach.

If you have the time I’d recom-mend sitting on a rock above the

beach and just observing these wonderful creatures as they go about life. They are the most com-mon seals in New Zealand waters with an estimated population of 100,000.

Although fur seals are extremely agile swimmers, they are far less so on land — in spite of being able to move quickly, they can become disoriented and wander away from the water into people’s back yards and houses.

We could have sat all day with the seals, but our target was the Cape Palliser lighthouse, so it was onwards and upwards. Parking the car below the lighthouse, we watched as other visitors made their way up the single flight of steps to the warning station that flashes its brilliant message about every 20 seconds.

It was a long way and can be daunting for some, but I had trudged my way up the 253 stairs before so I knew what was in store—and the rewards for doing so. I’ll not lie. The leg burn started at about step 181 and the breath ran out 19 steps later. Fortunately, having cameras means you can cover stopping to catch a breath by framing up a shot or two.

Step 215, not far to go, steps 230 and 231, uh oh, there goes the breath again. Powering home now, I’ll wait until I get to the top before collapsing. There, done it. Whew.

And what a sight awaits. There you are looking over a beautiful bay and landscape from a platform where, on a clear day, you can see the South Island. Truly magnifi-cent. And well worth the effort.

Longway to the top but ‘ohwow’Palliser Bay’srawbeauty isbreathtaking—inmorewaysthanone, findsRichard Moore

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT:The coast road is a constanttemptation to stopand takephotos; 253 lung-testing steps;tractors of all sizesmake shortwork of launchingboats at PalliserBay. PICTURES / RICHARD MOORE

HELLO: Theliquid eyesofNZ fur seals aremesmerising.Less so is thepong from theanimals.

IFYOUare inMartinborough and findyourself a little bored withnice wines and goodeateries, why not treat

yourself to a road trip that willhave you smiling and your heartracing.All you need to do is pack a

little picnic, some drinks— non-alcoholic preferably— then setyour car in a southeasterlydirection through really prettylandscapes of farms and hills.Your destination is only an

hour away. It is the lighthouse atCape Palliser that sits on a rockledge towering over the sea andcountryside.But the journey is more than

that stunning view, for along theway you can stop at the uniquecrayfishing village of Ngawi—complete with a tractor calledTinkyWinky— and findyourself up close and personalwith seals in a large colony justbefore the lighthouse.In winter weather, the drive

betweenmajor hills and cliffs isimpressive; in summer, it isbreathtaking as brown rock andgrassmeet blue sky over deepgreen and the dark blue water ofPalliser Bay.The colours are rich and

silently demand the car bestopped and cameras broughtout. Oh, to spend aweek here.

Ngawi is a delight. On thehills side of the road are prettyhouses, while on the largepebbled beach is the workingarea. Large and little fishingvessels sit waiting on theirtrailers. Small and sizeabletractors sit, ready to push theminto or out of the water.It is an amazing array of

equipment and, if you arefortunate, a boat will arrive to behauled on to its trailer andtowed up the beach. Takemyword, it is well worth enjoyingthe spectacle and the ease with

which such big bits of machineryare brought safely up thepebbles and put to bed. About5km on fromNgawi, and not farfrom the now spectacular redandwhite lighthouse, is theNorth Island’s largest NewZealand fur seal colony.Their odour isn’t themost

pleasant, but these creatures arefantastic to watch as they swim,gaze around or just loll about ontheir rocks.You can get reasonably close

for photographs— telephotolens close, that is— but never

get between a seal and the oceanand bemindful not to scarethem.When the waves crashing on

the colony’s rocks are largeyou’ll see seals duck under theswells, much as humans do inbreakers at the beach.If you have the time I’d

recommend sitting on a rockabove the beach and justobserving these wonderfulcreatures as they go about life.They are themost common sealsin New Zealandwaters with anestimated population of 100,000.

Although fur seals areextremely agile swimmers, theyare far less so on land— despitebeing able tomove quickly, theycan become disoriented andwander away from thewaterinto people’s back yards andhouses.We could have sat all day

with the seals, but our targetwas the Cape Palliserlighthouse, so it was onwardsand upwards. Parking the carbelow the lighthouse, wewatched as other visitors madetheir way up the single flight ofsteps to the warning station thatflashes its brilliant messageabout every 20 seconds.It was a longway and can be

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230 and 231, uh oh, there goes thebreath again. Powering homenow, I’ll wait until I get to the topbefore collapsing. There, done it.Whew.Andwhat a sight awaits.

There you are looking over abeautiful bay and landscapefrom a platformwhere, on aclear day, you can see the SouthIsland. Trulymagnificent. Andwell worth the effort.After you have taken in as

much beauty as you canmanageit’s time to head back down tothe car park and return toMartinboroughwhere it’sprobably about time for a localvino and amuch-anticipatedmeal.

Palliser Bay’s raw beauty is breathtaking— in more ways than one, finds Richard Moore

Long way to the top but ‘oh wow’

HELLO: The liquid eyes of NZ fur seals are mesmerising. Less so is the pong from the animals.

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Cash cheques, says EQCThe Earthquake Commission (EQC) has been contacting some of the 2000 customers who have still not banked settlement cheques some months after they were issued.

Last year EQC publicised that there was $20 million worth of cheques that people had not presented six months after they were issued. Some cheques were cap payments of more than $100,000.

The EQC cancelled all cheques near expiry, more than six months old, and started calling customers from 24 March, this year, to find out why they had not presented their cheques.

EQC General Manager Customer and Claims, Gail Kettle, says there are a variety of reasons why people haven’t banked their cheques.

“Some were disputing scope of damage or settlement value, thinking it should be more; some found the task of engaging contractors to carry our repairs too daunting, and others had not received the cheques because they had moved addresses or sold the property,” she said.

If you receive a cheque from EQC, you will not prejudice any future dispute over the settlement amount by depositing the cheque with your bank.

“We would rather have this money in customers’ bank accounts. But if people were expecting a cheque that has not arrived, they should call us on 0800 326 243 so we can sort it,” Ms Kettle says.

So far EQC had arranged 290 payments, including a couple of cap cheques of around $100,000, but there are still many more payments to be made.

Customers can contact EQC through 0800 DAMAGE (326 243) or [email protected] for more information.

EQC focussed on completing last 2% of home repairsWith 98% of its Canterbury home repairs completed or underway, the Earthquake Commission is ensuring the remaining claims have a clear path to being settled, EQC Chief Executive, Ian Simpson says.

“EQC has confirmed a settlement path for all but the most complex building claims, which make up the remaining 2%.

“EQC has about 2,000 home repairs in Canterbury either underway or with a confirmed start date. That leaves approximately 1,300 Canterbury Home Repair Programme (CHRP) repairs yet to begin. Of these about half are on hold because owners have either deferred the repair or have questions about what has been proposed with the repair,” said Mr Simpson.

“EQC started contacting other customers in the CHRP range who do not have a confirmed start to their managed repair.

“We are also calling those who have deferred their managed repair to ensure both EQC and the customers are clear by 1 June on how their building claim will be settled,” Mr Simpson says.

From 1 June, no more customers will be accepted into CHRP unless they have a prior

agreement with Fletcher EQR or EQC. EQC’s intention in setting this date, is to confirm a clear path for settlement by 1 June.

From that date, both the customer and EQC should be clear about how the customer’s claim will be settled. Customers still in dispute can continue talking to EQC and settlement will depend on their individual claim circumstances.

Previously cash-settled customers will not be able to opt back into CHRP after 1 June. This is so EQC can finalise numbers left to adequately resource remaining repairs.

“The deadline does not signal the closure of the programme and repairs will continue for

as long as needed to complete those we are committed to.

“Cash settlement remains an option, that’s why it is important for people who are not sure about their status to contact EQC or talk to other agencies, such as the Residential Advisory Service (RAS). RAS is free and independent,” Mr Simpson says.

Customers uncertain about their claim status can phone 0800 DAMAGE or make an appointment with EQC’s Community Contact Team which is available face-to-face at the community-led In the Know Information Hub at Eastgate Shopping Centre until 25 June.

In the Know hub attracts crowds

Homeowners have been getting answers to their post-quake repair questions at the In the Know Hub.

Individual homeowners, families and groups of multi-unit building owners have been making full use of the hub. For example, Christchurch homeowner Sheena Sherratt attended a seminar and Q&A session on increased flooding vulnerability.

“While the slides were really good, the useful part was the explanation. There was a lot of information in a really short amount of time,” she said. “It was pretty good. It’s always useful when the experts are there.”

“For general information, people can drop in to get an update. To discuss a specific claim, you can book a time to talk with one of our Community Contact Team members there,” said EQC’s General Manager Customer and Claims, Gail Kettle.

“We encourage our customers to come in to the Hub as it’s a great way to get answers to any questions they may have about our work, such as land settlements or the Canterbury Home Repair Programme.”

The Hub is a community-led initiative, developed in partnership with the recovery agencies, to provide residents with information on the recovery process, and is also supported by the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority, the Earthquake Commission and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

The In the Know Hub is open Mondays to Wednesdays, 9am – 6pm, and late on Thursdays, 9am – 8pm, until June 25. (Closed Fridays, weekends and public holidays).

To make an appointment to meet with EQC’s Community Contact Team at the Hub, call 0800 326 243.

For more information on the In the Know Hub, seminar times, and to view videos of the seminars, visit: www.intheknow.org.nz

Excess invoice for CHRP building repair: why one repair has more than one excessOne of the most common questions asked by customers in our Canterbury Home Repair Programme (CHRP) who have received their excess invoices is why have they been charged more than one excess when they only had one repair?

Under the Earthquake Commission Act 1993 (EQC Act), every valid claim lodged with EQC is subject to

an excess. We asked customers to lodge a building claim each time their home received new earthquake damage to comply with the EQC Act that directs EQC insurance cover to begin afresh after each event.

For example, if a building was damaged in the September 2010, February 2011 and June 2011 earthquakes and a building claim was lodged for

each event, EQC will calculate three excesses. This is the same way we calculate excesses on cash settlements. The owner of that property will then receive one invoice which summarises all the excess information for that property’s building and related contents exposures.

EQC will not charge an excess for a claim if we determine there was no damage attributable to it.

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Don’t put all eggs in propertyMONEY

SO WHY DON’T I RECOMMEND IT? • First of all, most people I meet who want investment advice have enough onshore property already. • New Zealand sits on an earth-quake fault line and that can really hurt property. • Most people I meet who want financial advice don’t have enough diversification. • Too many people I meet have it all tied up in property (plus debt) and have no liquid cash for emergencies. • A home or rental property usually involves debt, and debt comes with some serious implications.

DEBT • Debt adds risk. • Debt adds stress—not always good if you want a decent lifestyle. • Debt has to be paid back. • Interest has to be paid, too. • Banks can be ruth-less if you can’t pay. “A bank is an organisation that lends you an umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back when it starts to rain.”—Anon.

OTHER PROPERTY ISSUES Tenants don’t always behave themselves, so damage and /or rent arrears are not uncommon.

Sometimes properties do not rise in value. Many New Zealand towns have property values that are the same as 10 years ago. (So much for one local real estate agent who used to tell everyone “property rises 10 per cent per year”.)

Some people get caught with leaky homes and apartments and lose big time.

I feel for these people, as most are just plain unlucky.

BUY BONDS AND SHARES IN ADDITION TO PROPERTY Why? Because quality bonds are low risk and always liquid, so your cash is available any time.

They are a great foundation investment to any portfolio. Dur-ing the 2009 GFC, quality bonds held their value and carried on through at a return of about 7 per cent a year. (And they were liquid every day).

Shares, just like property, make good money over time (provided you are well diversified on and offshore). But like property, they can take time to increase in value. However unlike property, shares are always liquid, too.

You can get rich slowly if you

are patient.

SHOULD NO ONE BUY RENTAL PROPERTY? I have observed many people do-ing just fine with their own home, a rental, some bonds and some shares.

BORROWED MONEY —HOW MUCH? To get into property most of us will need a mortgage, and that has to be paid back. If it is a rental the tenant pays some of it and often we have to pay some too, out of our income.

If our income stops due to illness, accident or redundancy,

things can quickly turn to custard, hence too much debt can kill us if we are unlucky.

So how much borrowed money is safe? There is no easy formula but clearly some restraint might be smart.

AS WE GET OLDER One day we will want to slow down or stop work and won’t have the income to pay mortgages or top up rental property. As we move into this stage, bonds and shares have some advantages, including no tenants to look after or worry about. A lot is going to depend on your situation, your age, what you earn, the stability (or not) of your

income and so on. Nothing ventured nothing

gained, but you need to be pretty smart if you are going to borrow a lot of money.

WHAT LOOKS GOOD TO THE OVER 55s? I primarily deal with people aged from 50 to 75. As they near retirement or want to slow down a bit, getting rid of debt becomes pretty important. • Access to money is important. • Ease of management appeals to them, not troublesome tenants. • Diversification and liquidity makes sense to them. • Our banks have loaned huge amounts on Auckland property. • Our banks have also loaned huge amounts to dairy farmers, high risk all round, so the risks within New Zealand banks is creeping up.

Banks, bonds, property or shares ? A good spread across all of them would be prudent.

WHERE DO I FIT IN? • Giving advice on your overall situation. • Looking for things you can do better. • Suggesting steps to protect yourself against what can go wrong. • Helping you build your investment portfolio of bonds and shares.

Make themost outof yourmoney

LizKoh

"Our desires areunlimitedwhereas thesupply of moneyis not."

Money is a huge part of ourlives and yet we are reluctant totalk about it.It is often the subject of

arguments and the cause ofanxiety when in short supply,but that is not the same ashaving an objective, forward-looking conversation aboutmoney.Our desires are unlimited

whereas the supply of money isnot, so to get themostenjoyment out of life we need tomake the best use of ourmoney.Money is neither derived norspent in isolation.There are other

stakeholders involved, such aspartners, children, parents,employers, business partners,banks and professionaladvisers. They all have a role toplay in helping us get themaximum benefit from themoneywe have.Within a relationship, it is a

good idea to schedule time totalk about financial matters ona regular basis.The link between shared

goals and the soundness of arelationship is indisputable. Nomatter what the age of yourchildren, start talking to themaboutmoney at an appropriate

level to help improve theirfinancial literacy.Ageing parents need help

withmaking sensibleinvestments, ensuring theyhave sufficient funds to lastthrough their retirement and, ifapplicable, planning for thetransition of wealth to the nextgeneration.Reluctance to talk about

moneywith employers orbusiness partners can impacton present and future income. Ifyou are an employee, make sureyou are being remunerated atmarket rates.Maintaining a close

relationship with banks andprofessional advisers can onlybe beneficial. They have expertknowledge which can help youstructure your borrowing in thebest way, manage yourmoneymore effectively and provideadvice on financial products.It’s time to let go of inhibitionsand secrecy and talkmoreaboutmoney.

■ Liz Koh is an authorisedfinancial adviser. The advicegiven here is general and doesnot constitute specific adviceto any person. A disclosurestatement can be obtainedfree, call 0800 273 847. For freee-books seemoneymax.co.nzandmoneymaxcoach.com.

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It is hard to generate newbusiness, especially if you’repart of a small team or self-employed.Here are three imperatives

for working smarter instead ofjust plain harder.1. Top downEmploy a top-down rather thanbottom-up approach. Is yourmarketing directed toindividuals or single businesses?Instead focus on getting tomanyprospects at once by findingwhere they congregate:associations, clubs, groups. Thistact does double duty of seemingto be endorsed by them.2. Do your homeworkHowmuch time do you takeresearching a prospect before

your initial contact?A conference attendee once

toldme after a presentation:“Themost important point I’mtaking home is what you vividlydemonstrated. It suddenly hitme that I wasn’t doing anyresearch before talking toprospective business partners ordonors. It is now clear tomewe

can bemuchmore successful byunderstanding themmore;empathising howwe can be ofhelp to them also.”3. TenacityMost businesses knock on a doorand ask, “Will you do businesswithme?”When the answer is, “No, not

now,” theymove on to the next

prospect. Then the next. And thenext. That is timewasted.When you knock, change the

question to, “Canwe start up aconversation?” By using acontinuing what’s-in-it-for-themcommunication strategy youcreate tenacity, persistency. Younurture prospects until they areready to do business with you or,equally important, they referpeople to you.

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Alan Clarke is a financial andretirement adviser and author.His second book, The Great NZWork, Money & RetirementPuzzle, is available at acfs.co.nzAlan is an independentauthorised financial adviser(AFA) FSP26532; his disclosurestatement is available on requestand is free.

RISKY:Rentalpropertymay seemsafe, buttenantscanbetrouble.

SOMEONE askedmewhy Idon’t recommendproperty as aninvestment, which is a

fair question.Most Kiwis love property and

so often have 60 per cent, 80 percent, 90 per cent or even 100 percent of their money and assets inNew Zealand property.Most often it is their own

home but often they own a rentalproperty or two as well.Kiwis love it andmany have

seen their property increase invalue by 50 per cent tomore than100 per cent over 10 to 20 years.More recently, some

Aucklanders have beenmakinghuge gains on their properties.Kiwis believe in it 100 per

cent and they absolutely andresolutely feel that property asan investment “can’t miss”.And I like property just as

much as anyone else.

SO WHY DON’T IRECOMMEND IT?■ First of all, most people I meetwhowant investment advicehave enough onshore propertyalready.■ NewZealand sits on anearthquake fault line and thatcan really hurt property.■Most people I meet whowantfinancial advice don’t haveenough diversification.■ Toomany people I meet haveit all tied up in property (plusdebt) and have no liquid cash foremergencies.■ Ahome or rental propertyusually involves debt, and debtcomeswith some seriousimplications.

DEBT■ Debt adds risk.■ Debt adds stress— not alwaysgood if youwant a decentlifestyle.■ Debt has to be paid back.■ Interest has to be paid, too.■ Banks can be ruthless if youcan’t pay. “A bank is anorganisation that lends you anumbrella when the sun isshining, but wants it backwhenit starts to rain.”—Anon.

OTHER PROPERTYISSUESTenants don’t always behavethemselves, so damage and /orrent arrears are not uncommon.Sometimes properties do not

rise in value. ManyNewZealandtowns have property values thatare the same as 10 years ago. (Somuch for one local real estateagent who used to tell everyone

“property rises 10 per cent peryear”.)Some people get caught with

leaky homes and apartmentsand lose big time.I feel for these people, as most

are just plain unlucky.

BUY BONDS ANDSHARES IN ADDITIONTO PROPERTYWhy? Because quality bonds arelow risk and always liquid, soyour cash is available any time.They are a great foundation

investment to any portfolio.During the 2009 GFC, qualitybonds held their value andcarried on through at a return ofabout 7 per cent a year. (Andtheywere liquid every day).Shares, just like property,

make goodmoney over time(provided you are welldiversified on and offshore). Butlike property, they can take timeto increase in value. Howeverunlike property, shares arealways liquid, too.You can get rich slowly if you

are patient.

SHOULD NO ONE BUYRENTAL PROPERTY?I have observedmany people

doing just fine with their ownhome, a rental, some bonds andsome shares.

BORROWED MONEY— HOW MUCH?To get into propertymost of uswill need amortgage, and thathas to be paid back.If it is a rental the tenant pays

some of it and often we have topay some too, out of our income.If our income stops due to

illness, accident or redundancy,things can quickly turn tocustard, hence toomuch debtcan kill us if we are unlucky.So howmuch borrowed

money is safe? There is no easyformula but clearly somerestraint might be smart.

AS WE GET OLDEROne daywewill want to slowdown or stop work andwon’thave the income to paymortgages or top up rentalproperty. As wemove into thisstage, bonds and shares havesome advantages, including notenants to look after or worryabout. A lot is going to dependon your situation, your age,what you earn, the stability (ornot) of your income and so on.Nothing ventured nothing

gained, but you need to be prettysmart if you are going to borrowa lot of money.

WHAT LOOKS GOODTO THE OVER 55s?I primarily deal with people aged

from 50 to 75. As they nearretirement or want to slow downa bit, getting rid of debt becomespretty important.

■ Access tomoney is important.■ Ease of management appealsto them, not troublesometenants.■ Diversification and liquiditymakes sense to them.■ Our banks have loaned hugeamounts on Auckland property.■ Our banks have also loanedhuge amounts to dairy farmers,high risk all round, so the riskswithin New Zealand banks iscreeping up.

Banks, bonds, property orshares ? A good spread acrossall of themwould be prudent.

WHERE DO I FIT IN?■ Giving advice on your overallsituation.■ Looking for things you can dobetter.■ Suggesting steps to protectyourself against what can gowrong.■ Helping you build yourinvestment portfolio of bondsand shares.

Make themost outof yourmoney

LizKoh

"Our desires areunlimitedwhereas thesupply of moneyis not."

Money is a huge part of ourlives and yet we are reluctant totalk about it.It is often the subject of

arguments and the cause ofanxiety when in short supply,but that is not the same ashaving an objective, forward-looking conversation aboutmoney.Our desires are unlimited

whereas the supply of money isnot, so to get themostenjoyment out of life we need tomake the best use of ourmoney.Money is neither derived norspent in isolation.There are other

stakeholders involved, such aspartners, children, parents,employers, business partners,banks and professionaladvisers. They all have a role toplay in helping us get themaximum benefit from themoneywe have.Within a relationship, it is a

good idea to schedule time totalk about financial matters ona regular basis.The link between shared

goals and the soundness of arelationship is indisputable. Nomatter what the age of yourchildren, start talking to themaboutmoney at an appropriate

level to help improve theirfinancial literacy.Ageing parents need help

withmaking sensibleinvestments, ensuring theyhave sufficient funds to lastthrough their retirement and, ifapplicable, planning for thetransition of wealth to the nextgeneration.Reluctance to talk about

moneywith employers orbusiness partners can impacton present and future income. Ifyou are an employee, make sureyou are being remunerated atmarket rates.Maintaining a close

relationship with banks andprofessional advisers can onlybe beneficial. They have expertknowledge which can help youstructure your borrowing in thebest way, manage yourmoneymore effectively and provideadvice on financial products.It’s time to let go of inhibitionsand secrecy and talkmoreaboutmoney.

■ Liz Koh is an authorisedfinancial adviser. The advicegiven here is general and doesnot constitute specific adviceto any person. A disclosurestatement can be obtainedfree, call 0800 273 847. For freee-books seemoneymax.co.nzandmoneymaxcoach.com.

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for working smarter instead ofjust plain harder.1. Top downEmploy a top-down rather thanbottom-up approach. Is yourmarketing directed toindividuals or single businesses?Instead focus on getting tomanyprospects at once by findingwhere they congregate:associations, clubs, groups. Thistact does double duty of seemingto be endorsed by them.2. Do your homeworkHowmuch time do you takeresearching a prospect before

your initial contact?A conference attendee once

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Alan Clarke is a financial andretirement adviser and author.His second book, The Great NZWork, Money & RetirementPuzzle, is available at acfs.co.nzAlan is an independentauthorised financial adviser(AFA) FSP26532; his disclosurestatement is available on requestand is free.

RISKY:Rentalpropertymay seemsafe, buttenantscanbetrouble.

SOMEONE askedmewhy Idon’t recommendproperty as aninvestment, which is a

fair question.Most Kiwis love property and

so often have 60 per cent, 80 percent, 90 per cent or even 100 percent of their money and assets inNew Zealand property.Most often it is their own

home but often they own a rentalproperty or two as well.Kiwis love it andmany have

seen their property increase invalue by 50 per cent tomore than100 per cent over 10 to 20 years.More recently, some

Aucklanders have beenmakinghuge gains on their properties.Kiwis believe in it 100 per

cent and they absolutely andresolutely feel that property asan investment “can’t miss”.And I like property just as

much as anyone else.

SO WHY DON’T IRECOMMEND IT?■ First of all, most people I meetwhowant investment advicehave enough onshore propertyalready.■ NewZealand sits on anearthquake fault line and thatcan really hurt property.■Most people I meet whowantfinancial advice don’t haveenough diversification.■ Toomany people I meet haveit all tied up in property (plusdebt) and have no liquid cash foremergencies.■ Ahome or rental propertyusually involves debt, and debtcomeswith some seriousimplications.

DEBT■ Debt adds risk.■ Debt adds stress— not alwaysgood if youwant a decentlifestyle.■ Debt has to be paid back.■ Interest has to be paid, too.■ Banks can be ruthless if youcan’t pay. “A bank is anorganisation that lends you anumbrella when the sun isshining, but wants it backwhenit starts to rain.”—Anon.

OTHER PROPERTYISSUESTenants don’t always behavethemselves, so damage and /orrent arrears are not uncommon.Sometimes properties do not

rise in value. ManyNewZealandtowns have property values thatare the same as 10 years ago. (Somuch for one local real estateagent who used to tell everyone

“property rises 10 per cent peryear”.)Some people get caught with

leaky homes and apartmentsand lose big time.I feel for these people, as most

are just plain unlucky.

BUY BONDS ANDSHARES IN ADDITIONTO PROPERTYWhy? Because quality bonds arelow risk and always liquid, soyour cash is available any time.They are a great foundation

investment to any portfolio.During the 2009 GFC, qualitybonds held their value andcarried on through at a return ofabout 7 per cent a year. (Andtheywere liquid every day).Shares, just like property,

make goodmoney over time(provided you are welldiversified on and offshore). Butlike property, they can take timeto increase in value. Howeverunlike property, shares arealways liquid, too.You can get rich slowly if you

are patient.

SHOULD NO ONE BUYRENTAL PROPERTY?I have observedmany people

doing just fine with their ownhome, a rental, some bonds andsome shares.

BORROWED MONEY— HOW MUCH?To get into propertymost of uswill need amortgage, and thathas to be paid back.If it is a rental the tenant pays

some of it and often we have topay some too, out of our income.If our income stops due to

illness, accident or redundancy,things can quickly turn tocustard, hence toomuch debtcan kill us if we are unlucky.So howmuch borrowed

money is safe? There is no easyformula but clearly somerestraint might be smart.

AS WE GET OLDEROne daywewill want to slowdown or stop work andwon’thave the income to paymortgages or top up rentalproperty. As wemove into thisstage, bonds and shares havesome advantages, including notenants to look after or worryabout. A lot is going to dependon your situation, your age,what you earn, the stability (ornot) of your income and so on.Nothing ventured nothing

gained, but you need to be prettysmart if you are going to borrowa lot of money.

WHAT LOOKS GOODTO THE OVER 55s?I primarily deal with people aged

from 50 to 75. As they nearretirement or want to slow downa bit, getting rid of debt becomespretty important.

■ Access tomoney is important.■ Ease of management appealsto them, not troublesometenants.■ Diversification and liquiditymakes sense to them.■ Our banks have loaned hugeamounts on Auckland property.■ Our banks have also loanedhuge amounts to dairy farmers,high risk all round, so the riskswithin New Zealand banks iscreeping up.

Banks, bonds, property orshares ? A good spread acrossall of themwould be prudent.

WHERE DO I FIT IN?■ Giving advice on your overallsituation.■ Looking for things you can dobetter.■ Suggesting steps to protectyourself against what can gowrong.■ Helping you build yourinvestment portfolio of bondsand shares.

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blood circulation, digestion, growth as well as our ability to store memories or ways of doing things.

It saves so much time – imagine if we had to think each morning about every step of leaving the house from getting up to walking, eating and brushing our teeth. Fortunately, our habit-formed memories let us do these tasks automatically.

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WHEN YOU mention the word hybrid as a form of driveline in a motor vehicle, automati-cally you identify with the name Prius.

And that is the way Toyota would like it, they have worked to make Prius a household name in terms of automotive efficiency such as fuel usage and emission output.

Yes, many of the high-profile manufacturers have dabbled with hybrid technology, but Toyota has embraced it by investing in the technology to a greater extent than most oth-ers. It also knows that it has to be at the top of its game to keep hybrid cars competitive. Other manufacturers are now produc-ing non-hybrid models which have equal claims of fuel usage efficiency, and it’s not getting any easier to keep hybrid cars competitive.

But, Toyota and its market-ing machine keep pumping out hybrids and they are becoming ever increasingly affordable – take the Prius C for example.

Prius C, C standing for com-pact, now arrives at just $30,830 in entry level form, the begin-ning of a range which tops out at just $34,830 for the S-Tech which is the focus of this evalu-ation. I’m not an all bells and whistles fan, nor synthetic leath-er, but I was rather taken with the high-spec Prius C in its lat-est iteration, it is incredibly hon-est and it has fuel usage figures which are hard to beat, even in today’s modern age where fuel efficiency in small cars has become a huge selling point.

I was quite impressed with the lowly rate of fuel use during my testing time. The average readout constantly listed around 4.8-litres per 100km (59mpg), which sits well with Toyota’s 3.9l/100km (74mpg) claim.

The Prius C, like the original Prius, has comprehensive dis-play graphics which encourage light throttle use, the readouts

are programmed so that the driver can constantly analyse how much fuel he or she is using. It will even relate those figures into dollar savings.

That worked for me well for me. I had the test car during the Easter weekend New Zealand Police 4km/h speed tolerance. That being the case, I was very circumspect as to how I drove the test car and the average con-sumption benefited from that.

However, my driving style was too heavy footed for the Prius C to cover any distance solely in electric mode, the engine always cutting in to glean acceleration. On that subject, the Prius C isn’t quick, a 12sec time to make 100km/h is indicative of the role it is expected to play in the mar-ket place.

Nevertheless, at highway speed it is relatively punchy, once the torque from electric power is harnessed, overtaking can be done in a fairly relaxed process.

Unlike the Prius with its 1.8-litre engine, the compact gets a 1.5-litre engine, harnessed to the electric motor. Toyota rates it a combined petrol/electric total of 73kW with 111Nm of torque; they are satisfactory power out-puts, even though they aren’t startling.

Drive is through a continu-ously variable transmission, which is a seamless flow of energy to the front wheels. The Prius is little different to drive than any other automatic, just select drive and away you go. Of course, there are a couple of drive modes, eco which dulls the throttle mapping to glean maximum fuel usage benefits, and EV mode which will take you a couple of kilometres with-out the petrol engine firing, that is if you are easy on the throttle.

I took the test car on my usual highway loop inland. Toyota have done a lot of work to make the Prius C driveable, it is quiet and smooth at highway speed and sits at the legal limit com-pletely unfussed, it is easy to maintain pace.

Perhaps the biggest surprise is the way it handles. The compact hatchback sits low on the road

and has little body movement in a corner; there’s not a lot of weight in the car but what there is sits low in the chassis, and that negates gravitational effect.

If you also take into account the small Bridgestone tyres (175/65 x 15in), the Prius C’s handling is not only remark-able but also delightful. Steering remains firm and feedback is well provided.

True to its nomenclature, the Prius C is a small, compact car. Toyota has worked to keep the concept fresh and it is comfort-able inside. It’s not a true five-seater, but for three children in the rear it would be fine. The liftback rear opens to expose a relatively healthy cargo com-partment, 305-litres is about the average for this size car.

Nothing has been skimped in terms of fitment nor safety, there is a good level of fitment for convenience, and the Prius C gets a five-star ANCAP safety rating.

As part of keeping Prius C desirable, Toyota has added new colour schemes into the range, they are trendy and eye-catching. There’s no doubt the company is drawing in a wider range of buyers. Those who do are bound to be smitten with the upgrades.

TOYOTA PRIUS C: Compact hatchback which will get you into the hybrid range.

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All Camry models utilise a 2.5-litre, four-cylinder petrol engine, including the hybrid.

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SECTION CLEARANCE, MAINTENANCE & tree removal, Hill sections a specialty competitive prices, ph Ewan 03 326-5009 or 027 201-5150

FireguardsCustomMade

Protect your family & pets with a fireguard custom made from:

63 Coleridge StChristchurchPh 03 366 0636www.coulterwire.co.nz

CoulterWireworks2002 Ltd

Heating

QUEENSLAND SUN-SHINE COAST AUSTRA-LIA Resort, Ocean Views, Balconies, Self Con-tained, 1 or 2 B/R Ensuite, Heated Pool, Spa, Sauna, Free Internet, Shops, Restaurants, Tennis, Surf Club & Patrolled Beach, Public Transport at door. Ask for our SEASONAL SPECIALS. Phone 61 7 544-35011 Email: [email protected] www.mandolin.com.au

Holiday Accommodation

NOW HIRING

0800 633 [email protected]

•HospitalAids

•Caregivers

•RegisteredNurses

•DentalAssistants

Situations Vacant

PLUMBINGFOR ALL YOUR

NEEDS

Phone 376 5322 or [email protected]

• Bathroom repairs• Renovations• Leaks• Tap Repairs• Gas and Drainage

Your local professional

Carol and Chris

Cracked tiles?Dirty grout?

Old or mouldy silicon?

Brett Ph 03 358 5105 / 027 746 7632Steve Ph 03 337 1358/ 022 395 6632

www.groutpro.co.nz

Trades & Services

The Christchurch Coastal Pathway Group AGM

Will be held on Tuesday 30th June at 7.30pmRedcliffs Bowls Club, 9 James Street, Redcliffs

All members and supporters [email protected]

Public Notices

ENGLISH TUITION offered by registered English teacher.Contact Heather 021 2324633 or e amil [email protected]

Tuition

Rexellent RentalsCars, Vans, Brisbane , Coolangatta

www.rexellent.com.au

FREE CALL 0800 601 508

Public NoticesPROOF READING/EDITING offered by qualified English teacher with publication experience. Contact Heather 021 232 4633 or email [email protected]

REWARD for information on White Truck seen dumping quantity of rubbish on Redcliffs property. Consists of purple shagpile carpet, gibboard etc. Also unlawful taking from same property, Tecnics SXKN1400 keyboard, brand new white sculptured rug, Dirty dog sweatshirt (M) two toned blue, portable oven, 3 Fox limited edtion prints, video touch screen camera, police file number 141004/8535, ph 021 381 490

Public Notices

027 373 14750800 237 8260800 BEST [email protected]

Trades & Services

027 373 14750800 237 8260800 BEST [email protected]

LEARN HOW TO WELD

Day and night classesIn a small, supportive teaching environment

The Welding Academy is NZQA accredited to TEACH and ASSESS:

Phone 03 377 39117/97 Shakespeare Rd, Waltham, Christchurchwww.weldingacademy.co.nz

• All major Welding Unit Standards - MIG, TIG, ARC

• AS/NZ 2980 Welding Certificate in all Mild & Stainless Steel applications

Professional and honest team with a great network of sub-contractors available

We specialise in EQC repairs, painting, plastering, house

renovations, new builds, retaining walls, driveways, light commercial, digger/

truck hire

Call today 03 329 9997

[email protected]

ANDREWS TREE CARE Services, tree removal, trimming, stump grinding, shelterbelt clean up, section clearing, rubbish removals, excavation work, ph 027 728 5688

BRICKLAYER George Lockyer. Over 30 years bricklaying experience. UK trained. Licensed Building Practitioner number BP105608. Insurance work. EQC repairs. Heritage brickwork a speciality. No job too small. Governors Bay. Home 329-9344, Cell 027 684-4046, email [email protected]

CARPETLAYER Laying and Repairs, 35 yrs experience, ph Peter 326-7711 or 027 240-6532

CHIMNEY CLEANING Clean Sweep Canterbury Ltd, Professional, Guaranteed Service, (formerly Abel & Prestige Chimney Cleaning Ltd), Ph 0800 SWEEPER - 0800 793 3737

FURNITURE REMOVALS Large Trucks $95 + GST per hour 7 day NZ wide, packing & moving, Professional Company, Professional Service. Canterbury Relocations Ltd. ph 0800 359 9313

PAINTING SERVICES Mature, reliable, conscientious & experienced, reasonable rates, no job too small!, call Ron 027 434-1400 or 03 384-2885

PAINTER Experienced tradesman, quality work, free quotes, ph Simon 027 389-1351 or 03 328-7280

PAINTER Top quality work, interior/exterior, pensioners discount, free quotes, 30 years experience, I stand by Canterbury, ph Wayne your friendly painter 03 385-4348 or 027 274-3541

PAINTER DECORATOR wallpapering, everything covered, expert advice & service, ph Pete 322 4750 or 027 308 3000

ROOFING Qualified & Licenced Practitioner. Re-Roof & Repairs, all types. Member New Zealand Roofing Association. Over 35 years experience. Phone John 027 432-3822 or 351-9147 email [email protected]

Trades & Services

STEELcut to lengthBuilding Structural Steel

STEEL CANTERBURY LTD6 Cable St, Sockburn

P 943 6525 F 943 [email protected]

Full range of black, primed & galv.

Products: Pipe, Box, Angle, Flat, P.F.C. Re-Bar & Pre

Drilled Base Plates.We can supply cut and deliver

Mon-Friday 8-4.30 Sat 8-12pm

TILING For your wall & floor installations, local, 25 years exp, quality workmanship, ph Grant 027 483-3887

VHS VIDEO TAPES & all camera tapes converted to DVD, video taping, weddings, twenty firsts, special occasions, www.grahamsvideo.co.nz ph 03 338-1655

WINDOW CLEANING Crystal Clear Window Cleaning. Want to improve your outlook? Then call Greg Brown for a Free Quote 384-2661 or 027 616-0331


KITCHEN

ESSENTIALS

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03 365 0751 or 0800 ESSENTIALS

[email protected]

WWW.KITCHENESSENTIALS.CO.NZ

NEW KITCHENS

INSTORE NOW!

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5000

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WITH ALL KITCHENS SOLD OVER $10,000*

*Promotion ends 31/05/15 – new kitchen designs only – not available to commercial projects – See instore for full T&C’s

Designers Comment - Amanda

Irresistibly Elegant! In my opinion less is more! When handle-less design meets high

gloss lacquer the effect is entirely harmonious with a contemporary , streamline,

linear appearance. Come and see why our newly installed kitchen is the star of the

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Traditionally Timeless! A traditional cottage style kitchen with pilasters, light

pelmet and cornice, complement perfectly to create a modern kitchen design with

traditional style features. The Castello is an inexpensive vinyl wrapped door tough

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Stunning & Seamless! This Durable Melamine kitchen with Laser fused PVC edging

has removed the unsightly glue marks that are prevalent in many Melamine kitchens,

at the low end of the price range (Price Group.2) this makes Laser an extremely

affordable quality kitchen.

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Chic French inspired! A favourite of mine with a

beautifully soft honed lacquer finish, ideal if sun

reflection is an issue.

Complimented with a realistic and price effective reproduction

laminate timber top. Antique iron handles and framed glass

doors with delicate curved lighting above ensures you will have a

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Designers Comment - Mandy

I love this high quality Lacquered finish. The stunning Lacquer high

gloss surfaces lends the kitchen a modern, fresh appearance.

I believe Flash is best value lacquered you could get in Christchurch.

The stunning midnight blue finish is installed in our showroom now!

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In price group 1 Speed gives you the opportunity to own a fantastic quality kitchen

at the most affordable of prices. All of our kitchens are of the same quality

cabinet for every price group, it is only the door that changes, so you can be

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