Southern View: June 20, 2024

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CHECK OUT new 

commissioned artworks, take 

home a free tree, and soak 

in the city sights illuminated 

by Tīrama Mai this Puaka- 

Matariki. 

The city council’s annual 

Tīrama Mai event starts at the 

weekend, celebrating Puaka- 

Matariki in the heart of the city. 

Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Art 

Centre, Te Pae and Riverside 

Market will feature a range of 

art and lighting installations 

each evening from 5pm until 

10pm, from tomorrow until 

Sunday, June 30. 

City council manager of 

events and arts Lucy Blackmore 

said the annual event, which 

celebrates the Puaka and Matariki 

stars through art and light 

installations, projections, music 

soundscapes and storytelling is 

always evolving with new commissioned 

works. 

“An installation of 

Papatūānuku, titled MOTHER, 

will stand four metres high and 

two metres wide, featuring a 

stunning design by Xoë Hall, lit 

up from inside,” Blackmore said. 

It will be in the North Quad of 

The Art Centre. 

“We’ve also partnered with 

Trees for Canterbury to give 

away 2000 small native trees 

over the festival. Planting a new 

tree in your backyard is a great 

way to celebrate the time of 

renewal that Te Tau Hou (the 

Māori New Year) brings, and we 

encourage people to take up this 

opportunity.” 

On select nights, the giveaway 

will be based in front of Te 

Pae. 

Te Pae has close to 10 installations, 

including new lightbox 

artworks and a projection animation 

by Ariki Creative. 

“Other giveaways during the 

festival include light-up yo-yos 

from our sponsor, Orion, for the 

young and young of heart, and 

a free sausage sizzle run by The 

Hits FM,” Blackmore said. 

There will also be storytelling 

and kapa haka performances on 

select nights. The “test night” for 

Tirama Mai is this evening. 

The Arts Centre will be 

hosting a number of events, 

including Te Waiatatanga Mai 

o Te Atua (Song of the Gods), 

a brand-new exhibition at the 

Observatory tower which tells a 

version of the Ngāi Tahu creation 

story, as written down in 

1849 by Matiaha Tiramōrehu. 

The Matariki Midwinter 

Celebration invites attendees to 

honour a loved one who made 

a significant impact this year, 

while the two-night Garden 

City Mākete will feature local 

artisans, live performances, and 

food offerings. There will also be 

kapa haka in the Great Hall. 

PHOTOS: NEWSLINE 

Matariki 

Matariki, the Māori 

New Year, is a time of 

cultural and spiritual 

significance. The 

annual event marks 

the appearance of 

the Matariki star 

cluster, also known as 

Pleiades, in the early 

morning sky. 

When these nine 

stars become visible, it 

signifies the start of a 

new year in the Māori 

lunar calendar. 

Matariki comes 

from the phrase 

“Ngā mata o te ariki 

Tāwhirimātea”, “the 

eyes of the god 

Tāwhirimātea” and 

translates to “little 

eyes”, highlighting the 

stars’ role as important 

markers of time and 

seasonal change. 

The exact date 

varies each year, as it 

is determined by the 

appearance of the 

Matariki star cluster in 

the predawn sky. 

But this year, the 

public holiday lands on 

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Confusing roadworks information 

sees new idea floated at meeting 

• By Dylan Smits 

A NEW system for giving 

the public advance notice of 

roadworks closures in Banks 

Peninsula has been floated, as a 

result of recent confusion. 

In the past three months, there 

have been three maintenance 

roadworks closures on Governors 

Bay Rd, one in March and two in 

May. 

Governors Bay Community 

Association chair John Bannock 

said residents have been confused 

by conflicting information 

displayed on the city council 

website and roadside signage. 

“They’re very rarely saying the 

same thing. So that’s set up an air 

of confusion straight away.” 

Bannock has suggested putting 

city council staff in charge of 

communications during maintenance 

on critical routes, like 

Governors Bay Rd. 

Currently, when there are major 

roadworks, city council staff are 

in charge of communicating with 

the public. When there 

are maintenance works, 

contractors are in charge of 

communications. 

Bannock believes city council 

staff with a better knowledge 

of affected communities’ needs 

should deliver communications 

on these routes, rather than contractors. 

“I don’t think a contractor 

working out of Lyttelton would 

consider that Diamond Harbour 

and Port Levy would be affected 

parties,” Bannock said. 

He said having the contractor 

communicating road closures for 

maintenance work gave them too 

much workload. 

However, city council head of 

transport Lynette Ellis said her 

team has “full confidence” in contractors’ 

abilities to deliver effective 

communications to residents. 

She said the Governors Bay 

resurfacing work in May “was no 

exception”. 

“Our maintenance contractors 

work on approximately 2415 

projects a year across the entire 

network, therefore if council is to 

manage all communications for 

this work we need to rely on our 

contractor teams.” 

Ellis declined to comment on 

the merits of giving council staff 

responsibility over communications 

for critical routes only. 

Bannock feels the transport 

team is missing his point. 

“I think it’s unreasonable to 

expect contractors to determine 

the extent of contacts required for 

some roads.” 

He voiced his concerns at the 

Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks 

Peninsula Community Board 

meeting on June 10. 

“I really think that the council 

needs to understand that the 

Banks Peninsula area isn’t a town. 

We don’t have multiple detour 

options.” 

The community board requested 

staff advice regarding 

community notifications. 

Bannock hopes the community 

board investigation process will 

change the minds of the transport 

team. 

He also said communications 

through more channels would 

help the affected residents better 

adapt their personal schedules. 

“Even a poster in the typical 

places people visit would be a big 

help.” 

On the Governors Bay Community 

Facebook page, residents 

said signage about recent closures 

differed from information they 

had received in a flier. 

Banks Peninsula city councillor 

Tyrone Fields did not have a view 

on Bannock’s idea, but believed 

staff would find a solution. 

CONFLICTING: Residents were confused to see this 

sign last month indicating Governors Bay Rd would be 

closed daily from May 13 to June 17. On the Governors 

Bay Community Facebook page, residents said the dates 

differed from those in a flier they received. 

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Teachers run to raise funds for sick mum 

• By Jessie Curran 

TWO TEACHERS raised more 

than $1000 a day for each day 

they pounded the pavement. 

Thomas Tennent, of 

Cashmere, and Daniel Kahura, 

of Yaldhurst, ran 21km before 

work for 21 days to support 

Kahura’s sister, Kylie Kahura, 

who has stage 4B Hodgkin 

lymphoma. 

Kahura and Tennent both 

attended and now teach at St 

Thomas of Canterbury College. 

Kylie, 35, a mother of four, 

received her diagnosis in 2022. 

Despite the all-clear after 

chemotherapy, her cancer 

returned with increased 

aggression late last year. 

“Now it’s just a waiting game,” 

said Kylie, who awaits further 

scans after she completed 

another round of chemotherapy, 

blood transfusions, and a stem 

cell transplant. 

The Sockburn resident is now 

enjoying spending time with her 

family. 

She said she was “truly blown 

away” by the support from the 

pair and wider community. 

“I am just so grateful and 

blessed,” she said. 

Tennent, 33, proposed the 

idea to Kahura after reading 

a book by ultra-runner Ned 

Brockmann. 

“I was not an ultra-runner 

by any means, but I wanted to 

do something to make other 

FINISHED: Daniel Tennent, right, and Daniel Kahura, back left, meet Kylie Kahura and her 

children PepaMo’ale, Eli Mo’ale, and Faith Mo’ale at the finish line of the final stint. 

people’s lives better,” he said. 

Supported by family, friends, 

and the wider community, the 

pair trained for eight weeks 

before their first run on April 1. 

In the two months that 

followed, the high-school friends 

raised $22,000 through private 

donations and their Givealittle 

page. 

Kahura, 30, said he was 

thankful for the support and 

generosity of the community. 

“I feel super blessed for the 

people who have shown their 

love and donated to help support 

my family.” 

But going into the running 

challenge, the pair were not 

without their doubts. 

“I knew doing them back-toback 

was going to be tough,” 

said Kahura, who feared 

he would fail the challenge 

after he experienced serious 

achilles tendon and lower back 

problems. 

Tennent, who gave up many 

hours of sleep and time with 

family, even experienced a 

severe case of rhabdo one week 

after finishing the last run. 

Rhabdo is when muscle 

breaks down, releasing contents 

into the bloodstream that can be 

life threatening if left untreated. 

“We made sacrifices and went 

through hard times to help 

someone who’s going through 

harder times than us,” said 

Tennent. 

He has now recovered. 

Craig Watson, head of 

supportive care for the Cancer 

Society Canterbury West Coast 

and Otago Southland, said the 

financial burden on families 

after diagnosis is significant. 

“I know of people refusing 

treatment because they have had 

to choose between travelling to 

treatment, or putting food on 

the table for their families,” said 

Watson. 

He said community support 

was vital to get families through 

a diagnosis. 

Kahura and Tennent said 

they were thankful they had 

experienced the of power of 

people. 

“It’s important to celebrate the 

small wins,” said Kahura. 

Celebrating Thirty Years of Community Service 

2024 is a special year for Christchurch South 

Community Patrol. It marks thirty years of 

working with the police and members of the 

community to make Christchurch a safer place. 

The patrol’s vehicle with its distinctive livery 

and number plate can be seen at Z Addingtonwhen 

it is not on patrol. 

Christchurch South is one of eight community 

patrols in the Christchurch metro area, and 

is part of a nationwide organization called 

CPNZ which ensures that all patrols and their 

patrollers are trained and operate in a safe way. 

The patrol is out and about monitoring the city 

streets and carparks day and night six days a 

week. 

Each patrol is planned. Patrollers use 

information from the community and from 

the police to plan their route. Their key task 

is to observe, record and report- to be the 

additional eyes and ears for the police, 

noting the little things that may form part of a 

larger picture. The patrol provides additional 

security in surrounding areas when major 

events are held at locations such as Apollo 

Projects Stadium, the A & P Showgrounds 

and Hagley Park. Christchurch South is also 

trained and equipped to respond to personal 

and community emergencies. In the past six 

months, patrollers have assisted at the scenes 

of traffic accidents, crime scenes and fires. 

During the Port Hills fire in March, the patrol 

helped the police man the cordons controlling 

access to the affected area. 

Community Patrols have an expanding 

relationship with the police, a relationship 

that is growing in importance as the police 

seek to significantly increase their numbers. 

Police recruits are encouraged to join a patrol 

while under-going their selection and pretraining 

process. Currently Christchurch South 

has three police recruits as part of its team. 

Patrolling gives the police of the future the 

opportunity to practice some of the basic skills 

they will need when fully fledged members of 

the Force. 

During National Volunteer Week, Christchurch 

South will have a display at Barrington Mall 

between 10.00am and 3.00pm on Friday 21 

and Saturday 22 June. Call by and see what 

we do. If you are interested in joining the patrol 

or supporting it in any way, contact Ken on 027 

748 0697 or email us at Christchurch South @ 

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what we do, check out our Facebook page. 

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Mental health mission for Tama the Tui 

• By Emily O’Hagan 

THE AUTHOR behind a new 

children’s book, Tama the Tui has 

been down for a while hopes it will 

encourage children to open up 

when they feel “sad and blue”. 

The book, written by Alvante 

Harris and illustrated by Maria 

Carroll, follows the journey of 

Tama the young tui who is feeling 

down but learns to share his 

feelings with friends and family. 

Harris shared his book with 

pupils from Our Lady of the 

Assumption School in Hoon Hay. 

Harris hopes it will encourage 

children to share their feelings. 

“Not only will it give them the 

tools to open up, but it might even 

give them the tools to be able to 

support people when they need to. 

“So, if a friend does open up to 

them that they’re not feeling so 

good, they’ll have the tools they 

need to actually be able to help 

them and support them through 

that,” he said. 

It is the first book Harris has 

written after completing his first 

draft in 2022. 

He admits mental health is 

a difficult topic to discuss in 

New Zealand, but believes it is 

important for kids to learn about. 

“One thing that’s been common 

throughout my life, throughout 

my friends and family, is people 

aren’t very good at opening up 

and talking about their feelings,” 

Harris said. 

“So I figured that if you write a 

TEACHING: Alvante Harris shared his book Tama the Tui 

has been down for a while with pupils from Our Lady of 

the Assumption School who had plenty of questions for 

the author. 

PHOTOS: EMILY O’HAGAN 

book for kids, then they can learn 

early and get the tools they need 

to be able to open up when they 

need to.” 

And the idea seems to be working. 

He received positive responses 

from pupils who clearly 

understood its meaning. 

“Always tell someone when 

you’re sad so then they know. 

“I liked that Tama was sad and 

then his dad said to talk about his 

feelings and then he felt a lot more 

better,” one pupil said. 

Harris has also started an 

initiative to help spread his 

important message. For every 

four books he sells, he’ll donate 

another to an organisation, 

school, or mental health worker 

who could benefit from it. 

He has ideas for future stories 

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Mid-winter plunge all for a good cause 

• By Dylan Smits 

A DARING group jumped into 

the wintry water of Governors 

Bay to help pay for its jetty 

restoration. 

Sunday’s relatively warm 

weather was encouraging for the 

45 jumpers who raised $2077 

for the cause. 

Jetty Trust secretary Louisa 

Eades is pleased the mid-winter 

jetty jump and swim met its 

funding goal. 

“There was a lot of whooping 

and excitement when people got 

out of the water. It feels really 

good to get in the water and get 

out again,” she said. 

Some participants showed 

their enthusiasm by jumping in 

multiple times. 

“We were really lucky with the 

weather. The sun came out and 

it was actually a really beautiful 

day,” Eades said. 

Members from the Canterbury 

Open Water Swimming 

Association also swam to the 

buoy in the bay after their jump. 

Eades and Jetty Trust chair 

Prue Miller also had a go, 

jumping off the jetty dressed as 

Superwoman. 

“It was actually nowhere near 

as bad as I thought,” said Eades. 

After the jump, participants 

were treated to a well-earned 

sausage sizzle with hot drinks 

while they dried off. 

The jetty trust has $465,000 

left to pay on its loan from the 

city council, which helped fund 

the rebuild. 

If the city council includes 

funding for the jetty in its final 

Long Term Plan, the loan will 

decrease to $240,000. 

• Donations can be 

made to support the jetty 

rebuild until June 30 at 

https://givealittle.co.nz/ 

cause/mid-winter-jettyjump-and-swim 

TEAMWORK: Louisa 

Eades and Prue Miller 

were among the 45 jetty 

jumpers. 

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Expect delays at the 

Dyers Pass/Colombo roundabout 

We’re making the roundabout way safer for 

everyone. Improvements will include pedestrian 

crossings, new road markings and safe speed 

platforms. 

In addition to these safety improvements, we’re currently 

making critical and unforeseen repairs to wastewater pipes. 

Work will be completed by late July. 

We know road works are disruptive for you. We’ll work hard to 

minimise disruption and keep traffic flowing. 

Ngā mihi nui, thanks for your patience. 

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Red zone work a fun escape from class 

NURTURING nature in the red 

zone is where you’ll find George 

and Emma each week. 

Rain or shine, the pair spend 

their Friday mornings mulching, 

uncovering hidden plants 

and picking up rubbish in the 

Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor. 

George and Emma belong to 

Riccarton High’s Kohanga Ako 

class, which is purpose built for 

students with special education 

needs. 

As part of the class’s work 

experience programme, the 

students collaborate with 

the city council parks team, 

volunteering their time and 

contributing to the red zone 

regeneration. 

Twenty-year-old George, 

who started volunteering due 

to his passion for the outdoors, 

has an eagle eye for spotting 

small pieces of rubbish to be 

collected or plants in need of 

releasing. 

“It’s cool to get away from 

the classroom and spend time 

outside,” George said. 

“I like using the parks tools to 

pick up rubbish, it makes it a lot 

easier to keep the place clean.” 

Eighteen-year-old Emma, on 

A DESERTED residential 

playground has been brought 

back to life as a sensory nature 

play park. 

Te Kohanga Taiao Sensory 

Nature Play Park opened last 

weekend on Brooker Ave in the 

red zone after two businesses – 

Hummingbird Coffee and The 

Green Lab – teamed up to work 

with the city council on the 

project. 

Nestled within restoration 

plantings thanks to the efforts 

of Avon-Ōtākaro Forest Park 

Trust, the new park aims to 

serve as an educational hub and 

a nature haven to encourage 

a deeper connection with the 

environment. 

Its design encourages children 

to discover nature by feeling 

HAPPY PLACE: Riccarton High students Emma and George spend their Friday mornings 

working in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor as part of their Kohanga Ako class. 

PHOTOS: NEWSLINE 

the other hand, has developed a 

keen love for the environment 

and after months of practice has 

mastered the art of mulching. 

“I search for treasure when 

I’m looking around too, but so 

New sensory park a 

space to inspire play 

different textures of leaves and 

wood, to smell a variety of native 

plant aromas, and listen for the 

variety in natural sounds like 

tapping on wood and rustling 

leaves. 

“This kind of opportunity 

to invent play, to utilise 

found materials and discover 

interesting spaces to play 

are really important for our 

children’s sense of independence, 

creativity and confidence,” said 

city council play advocate Louise 

Van Tongeren. 

“The play spaces are 

deliberately set up to inspire 

children to head off and explore, 

without being overly prescriptive 

about what to actually do.” 

Children learn through all 

of their senses – for some that 

far have just come across old 

concrete,” Emma said. 

Learning on the job is all part 

of the experience, as the students 

develop skills and experience to 

help them into the work force. 

is running and climbing and 

others may learn better through 

sensory elements, Van Tongeren 

said. 

“When we provide spaces 

that allow for other kinds of 

exploration, including calmer 

play experiences, we are being 

much more inclusive of a wider 

range of needs within our 

community.” 

Last year, the pair brought 

the full Kohanga Ako class 

down to help with planting 

season, proudly showing their 

classmates around the area. 

City council community 

FREEDOM: Te Kohanga Taiao Sensory Nature Play Park has 

been set up to encourage children to explore the space 

without restrictions. 

PHOTO: NEWSLINE 

Once a former residential area, 

the park is now home to multiple 

wētā ‘hotels’ and ‘apartments’ 

made at workshops held at 

Phillipstown Community Hub. 

These are warm and dry spaces 

where ecologically important 

native wētā, bees and wasps can 

keep safe from predators like rats 

and birds. 

The park has been designed 

partnership ranger Sarah 

Mankelow says the work is 

a two-way street, providing 

valuable experience while 

regenerating the area. 

“It’s a huge help for us having 

these students work in the 

ŌARC, and after months on 

site they’re experienced enough 

that they can occasionally work 

unsupervised,” Mankelow said. 

“Maintenance is such an 

important part of red zone 

regeneration, and we’re 

grateful to have a helping hand 

while providing workplace 

experience.” 

Maintenance days are 

advertised on the city council’s 

website, and the council is 

always looking for volunteers to 

help. 

to significantly increase and 

encourage the biodiversity of the 

area. 

A recent ‘bioblitz’ held at the 

site as part of the City Nature 

Challenge uncovered more than 

100 different species of plants, 

insects, spiders and fish in just a 

few hours. 

Council community 

partnership and residential 

redzone ranger Sarah Mankelow 

says the Avon Ōtākaro River 

corridor will be a green spine 

that stretches from the city to 

the sea. 

“The opportunity to restore 

and protect the river that runs 

through the heart of our city and 

plan ahead for climate change is 

a once in a lifetime opportunity. 

“Created for community by 

community, it is a beautiful 

space for all ages and abilities to 

picnic, play and enjoy.” 

The Avon-Ōtākaro Forest 

Park Trust will take on the 

kaitiaki role of ongoing care and 

maintenance of the play space. 

Mānawatia 

a Matariki 

With the coming of this special time 

next week, we at Saunders & Co wish 

you and your whānau the very best 

for the year ahead. 

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Fresh flavours to keep out the cold 

A chill in the air calls for 

something warming, 

writes Nigel Slater 

Coppa, fig and gorgonzola 

tarts 

One of the ready-rolled frozen 

pastry sheets works perfectly 

here. If you don’t have coppa, use 

thin slices of pancetta, torn into 

stamp-sized pieces. The tarts are 

at their best when eaten straight 

from the oven, while the cheese is 

still soft and melting. A few salad 

leaves would be good on the side. 

Ingredients 

Makes 4 tarts 

320g puff pastry 

4 figs 

250g mozzarella 

200g gorgonzola 

4 heaped Tbsp creme fraiche 

2 Tbsp thyme leaves 

80g coppa 

a little beaten egg 

Method 

• Line a baking sheet with 

parchment. Preheat the oven to 

220°C. Roll the pastry out to a 

rectangle roughly 36cm x 23cm. 

With the longest side towards 

you, cut down into 4 rectangles, 

measuring 9cm x 23cm. Place 

each one on the parchment-lined 

baking sheet. Using a sharp 

knife, score a second rectangle 

inside each one, leaving a 1.5cm 

rim around the edges, taking 

care not to cut through the 

pastry. Chill in the fridge for 

20 minutes. (This prevents the 

pastry from shrinking in the 

oven.) 

• Cut each fig into 6 wedges. 

Tear the mozzarella and 

gorgonzola into small pieces and 

drop them into a bowl. Add the 

creme fraiche, the thyme leaves 

and a grinding or two of black 

pepper. 

• Bake the pastry in the 

preheated oven for 8 minutes 

until it is just starting to colour 

and crisp. Remove from the oven 

and, using the back of a teaspoon, 

push the inner rectangle of 

pastry down to form a hollow. 

• Spoon the filling into the 

hollows, tucking pieces of coppa 

and slices of fig into the filling. 

Brush the pastry rim of the tarts 

with a little of the beaten egg, 

taking care not to let it run down 

the sides of the pastry. 

• Return the tarts to the oven 

and bake them for a further 

10-15 minutes, until the pastry 

is crisp and golden. Eat straight 

away, while they are still warm. 

French beans and cabbage 

Lovely lemony, mustard and basil 

notes going on here. This would 

be good with the tarts above, 

but would also work as a main 

course salad, especially if you 

introduce some smoked mackerel 

or mussels, steamed and pulled 

from their shells. 

I like to use one of the pointed 

spring cabbages, though a crisp 

round white cabbage is also 

fine. I leave the darker, crinklyleaved 

Savoy types for the winter 

months. This is a salad I like 

to serve just warm rather than 

chilled, when the flavours are 

at their fullest. The beans need 

their stems removing, but not 

the tender, curving points that 

make these late-season beans so 

elegant. 

Ingredients 

Serves 4 as side dish 

250g French (haricot) beans 

450g cabbage 

50g hazelnuts 

2 Tbsp tarragon leaves 

10 medium-sized basil leaves 

Dressing 

1 Tbsp Dijon mustard 

2 Tbsp red wine vinegar 

1 Tbsp lemon juice 

1 tsp honey 

150ml olive oil 

Method 

• Make the dressing first. Put the 

mustard in a small bowl, then 

stir in the red wine vinegar and 

lemon juice, honey and a good 

pinch of sea salt, then beat in 

the olive oil, either with a fork or 

small whisk. Set aside. 

• In a dry, shallow pan, toast 

the hazelnuts over a low to 

moderate heat, moving them 

around the pan so they colour 

evenly. When they are toasted 

and fragrant, remove from the 

heat and roughly chop. Then 

chop the tarragon leaves and 

basil and stir together with the 

hazelnuts into the dressing. 

• Bring a deep pan of water 

to the boil and salt it lightly. 

Remove the stalk and (if you 

wish) the pointed tips of the 

beans. Drop the beans into the 

boiling water and let them cook 

for 3 or 4 minutes until they 

have darkened and will gently 

bend without snapping. Remove 

the beans from the water with a 

draining spoon and set aside. Let 

the water come back to the boil. 

• Shred the cabbage into fingerthick 

strips, removing the core 

as you go, wash under running 

water, then drop into boiling 

water. Leave to cook for 1 minute, 

then drain into a colander, shake 

dry and add to the beans. (Make 

sure to shake the cabbage well, 

so the dressing does not become 

diluted.) 

• Toss the beans and cabbage 

with the dressing and pile 

generously on to a serving dish. 

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25 26 

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